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    On one of my other message boards, one of the members found out that a local radio station was using one of his images.

    The image itself wasn't that bad, just a baseball team's logo, one they could get anywhere really. So that wasn't the problem... the problem was that they were linking directly to HIS image and thus stealing bandwidth. I'll call him ZZ.


    So, after conferring about it on the message board and listening to advice from various members ZZ opted to change his <baseball_logo.jpg> image to an infamous porn one ([blanked]tubgirl[/blanked]).


    Well it worked. The site freaked out that they suddenly had an obscene pic there and scrambled to change it. They picked a picture from another website, but this time they actually had a contract.


    And just for shits & giggles, another boardie ("QQ") sent them a complaint about the porn image and how it traumatized his son. They replied with an apology and said that they had "been hacked".

    Much LOLs on the site. And another user emailed in to say "no you weren't hacked. your coder is stealing bandwidth and now you're lying about it".


    Moral of the story: don't bandwidth steal or someone just might make you regret it.
    And yes, some of them did suggest ([blanked]goatse[/blanked]) too.

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    I'm not sure that first-blank is that much "milder" than second-blank tbh... Still, they've got to learn!
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      That is awesome. XD Hopefully that'll teach 'em.
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      • #4
        I've done similar when people steal images from my sites. It's great watching them panic.

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        • #5
          Haha, that's awesome! Reminds me of The Oatmeal's image-sharing dramas
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          • #6
            Nice, that made my day! Need to hear more stories like this!
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            • #7
              *snigger*. With all of the easy to use sites like Imageshack out there it really isn't that hard not to steal bandwidth. (I realise Imageshack wouldn't stand up to commercial use though- it barely stands up to Caturday!)
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              • #8
                At least it wasn't a .gif of two girls one cup.
                If anyone breaks the three pint rule, they'll be running all night to the pisser and back.

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                • #9
                  Quoth pzychobitch View Post
                  At least it wasn't a .gif of two girls one cup.


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                  • #10
                    Oh please tell me it was goatse.
                    It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.
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                    • #11
                      Quoth mariamousie1 View Post
                      Oh please tell me it was goatse.
                      Mouse-over the blank spots & select, you can see what it was...
                      This was one of those times where my mouth says "have a nice day" but my brain says "go step on a Lego". - RegisterAce
                      I can't make something magically appear to fulfill all your hopes and dreams. Believe me, if I could I'd be the first person I'd help. - Trixie

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                      • #12
                        Quoth RealUnimportant View Post
                        Mouse-over the blank spots & select, you can see what it was...
                        Oh, I missed that. Oh well, that's almost as horrible.
                        It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.
                        -Helen Keller

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