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Originally posted by bawdy
why isnt htaccess a simple enough solution to prevent xsites hotlinking your content?
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.htaccess will work. The only problem is that you need to know which site(s) to block. If the xq1.net site feels too many are blocking them, they could just move to xq2.net or wherever.
I'm trying to think of a "hands off" approach to dealing with new sites as they pop up. The way things stand now, this PHP script isn't that big of a deal so long as any external access to your pics is blocked.
The worst case scenario is they work around that block. It would cost them some bandwidth to do so... but it can be done. In this case then, it's mostly a copyright issue plus the fact that they're still pulling the data from your server and making money by altering your links. Not cool IMHO.
Luckily surfing via that crap tends to suck ass and surfers can't be happy campers for too long.