Hotlinking - Direct linking - bandwidth stealing

Direct linking - Hot linking - Bandwidth stealing. This means to right click - copy an image and then paste it into a message board, email or web site. By doing this you create a link back to the web host server and technically you are stealing bandwidth that the site owner is paying for. The site owner can trace who is doing this by checking on the web stats and can delete that graphic and then rename it.

It has also been known to replace a direct linked animation on a website with something really horrible by changing the image but keeping the same name.

COULD BECOME
THIS

THIS

Or even worse!

Of course the proper way to do it is to right click and then "save picture as" to a file on your hard drive and then copy it to your web site, email or message board

If you want to set up a personal profile or post a image on a message board (or similar) and the only way to do it is to direct link to the image, download the image from the website to a folder on your hard drive and then upload it to a
free image hosting companies that allows direct linking such as

2 AND 2 .NET



Right Click and "save picture as" to a folder on your hard drive.

A link back to Sevenoaks Art would be appreciated if animations are used on your site. Banners available here.