AdBrite's position on hotlink sites

JenC · 2005-03-17, 12:23 PM

I asked them if sites like http://fusker.lewww.com/ were compliant with their terms because they are stealing bandwidth from other people who are ignorant about hotlinking. This was their reply:

"Thanks for writing and welcome to AdBrite! I appreciate your concern about http://fusker.lewww.com/ and other Fusker sites. These sites operate in full compliance with AdBrite’s Terms of Service and all US state and federal laws, but they can certainly be a nuisance to adult Web masters. If you’re concerned that any AdBrite publisher is driving up your hosting costs or otherwise interfering with your service, I’d be happy to help you prevent this. Please let me know if you are not already familiar with the steps you can take to keep your content from being hot-linked."

MY reply back to them:
"I know how to prevent hotlinking. The point is a lot of other people do not and it can cost them hundreds of dollars monthly. If you allow sites that are stealing from other people great, I'll set up a phishing site and put AdBrite banners all over it. Then maybe you can leave my banners up and just tell my victims "I can help you prevent phishing"."

2005-03-17, 12:23 PM	#1
JenC Stupid risks make life worth living Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Eastern Seaboard Posts: 387	AdBrite's position on hotlink sites I asked them if sites like http://fusker.lewww.com/ were compliant with their terms because they are stealing bandwidth from other people who are ignorant about hotlinking. This was their reply: "Thanks for writing and welcome to AdBrite! I appreciate your concern about http://fusker.lewww.com/ and other Fusker sites. These sites operate in full compliance with AdBrite’s Terms of Service and all US state and federal laws, but they can certainly be a nuisance to adult Web masters. If you’re concerned that any AdBrite publisher is driving up your hosting costs or otherwise interfering with your service, I’d be happy to help you prevent this. Please let me know if you are not already familiar with the steps you can take to keep your content from being hot-linked." MY reply back to them: "I know how to prevent hotlinking. The point is a lot of other people do not and it can cost them hundreds of dollars monthly. If you allow sites that are stealing from other people great, I'll set up a phishing site and put AdBrite banners all over it. Then maybe you can leave my banners up and just tell my victims "I can help you prevent phishing"." __________________ THIS IS MY SIG - CLICK IT.