FYI: View images without hotlinking

PhotonBoy · Apr 6, 2007

http://imgred.com

ImgRed.com - Image Redirection

Quickly view or link to images without actually hot-linking

To avoid hot-linking an image, prepend http://imgred.com/ before the URL. To show a thumbnail of the image, prepend http://imgred.com/tn/ before the URL.

e.g.:

lightwave1209 · Apr 6, 2007

Cool! Thanks

robm · Apr 6, 2007

Does this not have the same effect as normal hotlinking though - using the file hosted on the original site, and using their bandwidth?
So it is actually hotlinking and so against CPF rules?

PhotonBoy · Apr 6, 2007

If you look at the bottom of the http://imgred.com page, it mentions the cache of the image; this implies that the image is coming from their page (similar to imageshack) instead of the original site. I'm no lawyer, so YMMV.

Sigman · Apr 6, 2007

Hmmm, acccording to the 1st link that PhotonBoy provided, it says:

When this is viewed, the image will be copied once to imgred.com, and from then on the image will always be served from imgred.com instead of the host site. Additionally, a thumbnail is automatically generated, which can be accessed by adding http://imgred.com/tn/ before the original URL.

Sounds to me like imgred.com is then merely acting like a photoserving site such as Photobucket or ImageShack...

Eh?

B@rt · Apr 6, 2007

It seems they load the pic on their own server, if that is the case it is ok.

PhotonBoy · Apr 6, 2007

I don't understand their business model though. :thinking:

robm · Apr 6, 2007

My bad for having a suspicious mind, and not checking the link

It sounds like a 'top' idea :twothumbs - I wonder what imgred get out of it (will go and look at the website this time!)

[edit] - no mention of what is in it for them - maybe just being nice

I don't understand their business model though. :thinking:

Great minds and all that

greenlight · Apr 6, 2007

The images people are hotlinking are the most popular/viewed images. Eventually they will have a huge resevoir of images that people are viewing. There will be a way to make money out of that, maybe they'll just sell to google.

Hopefully they don't crash and make my posts look dumb.

Maybe a 'hotlink' button could be added/incorporated to the reply tools, and this site added to the link? Then the mods wouldn't have to explain to every user how the system works..

greenlight · Apr 6, 2007

This should be posted to the Questions/Problems/Suggestions forum.

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