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Old 02-02-2006, 11:47 PM  
Tempest
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Originally Posted by Matt 26z
You know what, in principal you are 110% correct. If they are going to allow their users to hotlink materials, then they need to accept that shit may happen here and there. That's my own personal feeling, but the business side of me expresses the opinions I've already written.

Admit it... You changed that file for the one and only purpose of targeting ads to MySpace users. You could have used .htaccess, but instead you decided to get a little free advertising on MySpace.

MySpace has recently come under media scrutiny for the content of their profiles not being in the best interest of underage users.... So what do you do? You pop an XXX popup and think that MySpace isn't going to care.

Hello?
You truly are an idiot. MySpace had no right to go to the guys host. They could easily have blocked that url thru their software.. Instead they pulled some heavy handed tactic. They WAY overstepped their bounds.
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