Originally Posted by MrChips

Hotlinking and Google.

I just uploaded an image to my server which is returned on google images.

Guess what - their image search is still showing the old pic.

So they dont only hotlink - they cache their own files.

Try it and see - locate an image in their image search which is yours, overwrite it on your server with a different picture, then re-do the search and see the old pic still there.

They are NOT compliant and they CAN control what they show.

I think they are going to get done big style.