phatforums.com seems to be hotlinker heaven - GoFuckYourself.com

vidsweb · 04-16-2002, 04:49 PM

Fuck! There's like 4 or 5 hotlinkers using phatforums.com to hotlink my movies. I emailed them and they banned my domain from their servers, but jeez...its like hotlinkers are all over that place.

I suggest you check you stats for anything coming from phatforums.com

Pipecrew · 04-16-2002, 04:49 PM

what did you expect? its like 800 movie forums that rely purely on the basis of hotlinking movie sites

quiet · 04-16-2002, 04:54 PM

in fact, that's all you have to do. like i've said before, our movie files are being hotlinking by several THOUSAND separate domains at anyone time.

the solution is easy - we go after and shut down the top several hundred hotlinkers (ranked by referrer). the rest, are under the radar, and not worth the effort.

it pisses me off, but is actually pretty easy to keep under control. i've been going thru my weekly leech killing routine for years now. kind of fun to shut down all the cheating accounts too ;)

Pipecrew · 04-16-2002, 04:57 PM

quiet, if its feasable, just use an html redirect on a 1 or 2 movies.... that throws the hotlinkers off

try and download this or click on it

http://www.judsmovies.com/movies/susan1.avi

My favorite example

http://www.judsmovies.com/galleries/bb/002/noel.asf

send them to popup hell or a sponsorship program, I love when forums hotlink my shit, They sometimes send something like 25k + a day of people trying to download your movie.... if you send them to a per click, you just got a very nice chunk of change

vidsweb · 04-16-2002, 05:01 PM

I can't use html redirects, I post movie galleries...if I did that I would get banned by TGPs

Mr.Fiction · 04-16-2002, 05:51 PM

If it's a forum, people hotlink on forums all the time. You're not going to get many forums shut down. That's why you need to use .htaccess.

People hotlink from the GFY forum all the time, right?

If you run a high traffic forum, the best you can do is remove posts when people complain.

FlyingIguana · 04-16-2002, 06:08 PM

can't use htaccess for movies

Muff · 04-16-2002, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pipecrew
quiet, if its feasable, just use an html redirect on a 1 or 2 movies.... that throws the hotlinkers off

try and download this or click on it

http://www.judsmovies.com/movies/susan1.avi

My favorite example

http://www.judsmovies.com/galleries/bb/002/noel.asf

send them to popup hell or a sponsorship program, I love when forums hotlink my shit, They sometimes send something like 25k + a day of people trying to download your movie.... if you send them to a per click, you just got a very nice chunk of change

Pipecrew what kind of code are you using for that?

vidsweb · 04-16-2002, 06:38 PM

yeah, what kinda code is that?

Ted · 04-16-2002, 06:51 PM

you could try this

http://www.schlabo.com/info/dl/2.01/index.shtml

quiet · 04-16-2002, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pipecrew
quiet, if its feasable, just use an html redirect on a 1 or 2 movies.... that throws the hotlinkers off :)

send them to popup hell or a sponsorship program, I love when forums hotlink my shit, They sometimes send something like 25k + a day of people trying to download your movie.... if you send them to a per click, you just got a very nice chunk of change :)

not really feasible for us, except in very limited situations. in the past, we've also used a script to rotate file names, and send all 404's to popup hell. but for a variety of reasons, we can only use this in limited situations as well.

but agreed, it's very enjoyable to redirect :)

chodadog · 04-16-2002, 06:58 PM

Why can't you use .htaccess to prevent people downloading your movies?

Babaganoosh · 04-16-2002, 07:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by chodadog
Why can't you use .htaccess to prevent people downloading your movies?

Try it. It doesn't work.

quiet · 04-16-2002, 07:06 PM

sigh - try the search function. the issue has been discussed at length several times here.

Pipecrew · 04-16-2002, 08:38 PM

can you tell me where you got this rotating filename script? it would work well for one of my other sites!

beemk · 04-16-2002, 08:52 PM

set up a script that loads a shemale movie instead, that will teach them.

vidsweb · 04-16-2002, 09:44 PM

better yet, setup a script that loads a video of people shitting on transexual midget clowns

04-16-2002, 04:49 PM	#1
vidsweb Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pornland Posts: 698	phatforums.com seems to be hotlinker heaven Fuck! There's like 4 or 5 hotlinkers using phatforums.com to hotlink my movies. I emailed them and they banned my domain from their servers, but jeez...its like hotlinkers are all over that place. I suggest you check you stats for anything coming from phatforums.com

04-16-2002, 04:57 PM	#4
Pipecrew Master of Gfy.com Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 14,887	quiet, if its feasable, just use an html redirect on a 1 or 2 movies.... that throws the hotlinkers off try and download this or click on it http://www.judsmovies.com/movies/susan1.avi My favorite example http://www.judsmovies.com/galleries/bb/002/noel.asf send them to popup hell or a sponsorship program, I love when forums hotlink my shit, They sometimes send something like 25k + a day of people trying to download your movie.... if you send them to a per click, you just got a very nice chunk of change Last edited by Pipecrew; 04-16-2002 at 05:02 PM..

04-16-2002, 08:52 PM	#16
beemk CLICK HERE Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 20,829	set up a script that loads a shemale movie instead, that will teach them. __________________ I host with Vacares

04-16-2002, 04:54 PM	#3
quiet we'll miss you our friend. RIP Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fernie, BC Posts: 25,115	in fact, that's all you have to do. like i've said before, our movie files are being hotlinking by several THOUSAND separate domains at anyone time. the solution is easy - we go after and shut down the top several hundred hotlinkers (ranked by referrer). the rest, are under the radar, and not worth the effort. it pisses me off, but is actually pretty easy to keep under control. i've been going thru my weekly leech killing routine for years now. kind of fun to shut down all the cheating accounts too ;)

04-16-2002, 05:01 PM	#5
vidsweb Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pornland Posts: 698	I can't use html redirects, I post movie galleries...if I did that I would get banned by TGPs

04-16-2002, 05:51 PM	#6
Mr.Fiction Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Free Speech Land Posts: 9,484	If it's a forum, people hotlink on forums all the time. You're not going to get many forums shut down. That's why you need to use .htaccess. People hotlink from the GFY forum all the time, right? If you run a high traffic forum, the best you can do is remove posts when people complain.

04-16-2002, 06:08 PM	#7
FlyingIguana aspiring banker Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: toronto Posts: 10,870	can't use htaccess for movies

04-16-2002, 06:38 PM	#9
vidsweb Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pornland Posts: 698	yeah, what kinda code is that?

04-16-2002, 06:51 PM	#10
Ted Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 830	you could try this http://www.schlabo.com/info/dl/2.01/index.shtml

04-16-2002, 06:58 PM	#12
chodadog Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 9,736	Why can't you use .htaccess to prevent people downloading your movies?

04-16-2002, 07:06 PM	#14
quiet we'll miss you our friend. RIP Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Fernie, BC Posts: 25,115	sigh - try the search function. the issue has been discussed at length several times here.

04-16-2002, 08:38 PM	#15
Pipecrew Master of Gfy.com Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 14,887	can you tell me where you got this rotating filename script? it would work well for one of my other sites!

04-16-2002, 09:44 PM	#17
vidsweb Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Pornland Posts: 698	better yet, setup a script that loads a video of people shitting on transexual midget clowns