He-he-he ... free advertising

[JWJ]

From time to time I come across someone who has installed one of my pictures on their own site. I usually register to whatever web space system it is ... myspace, multiply, livejournal, etc ... and try to contact the offender with a polite request that they take it down. It can be time consuming and is sometimes greeted with animosity.

So, I've found it has happened again but this time I am making no attempt to have the image removed. Instead I have renamed the image on myweb site and replaced the original one (http://www.jwjonline.net/images/monkey2.jpg) with this one (http://www.jwjonline.net/images/monkey.jpg). Might as well make the bandwidth pay for itself eh? ;)

[Arne]

From time to time I come across someone who has installed one of my pictures on their own site. I usually register to whatever web space system it is ... myspace, multiply, livejournal, etc ... and try to contact the offender with a polite request that they take it down. It can be time consuming and is sometimes greeted with animosity.

So, I've found it has happened again but this time I am making no attempt to have the image removed. Instead I have renamed the image on myweb site and replaced the original one (http://www.jwjonline.net/images/monkey2.jpg) with this one (http://www.jwjonline.net/images/monkey.jpg). Might as well make the bandwidth pay for itself eh? ;)
LOL! I guess that "policy" is even better than to replace the original with a "dirty" picture. :lol:

[China Tea]

JWJ wrote in part:

From time to time I come across someone who has installed one of my pictures on their own site.

At first I thought it was your picture that people have been "stealing" and I was thinking, hmmm, JWJ is so popular and lots of people find him so goodlooking that they save and paste his photo on their sites.

Following your thread, I thought for a while, that you replaced YOUR IMAGE with that cute little monkey . . . which I also find so goodlooking and cute . . .

Finally, a light lit up and suddenly I realized what you have done. That was really good. People will either refrain from "stealing" your picture or take it anyway and your site gets advertised.:grin:

[JWJ]

CT, you realise you've opened the door for those bloody Aussies to spew forth with a myriad of comments along the lines of "Oh, are you saying it isn't a picture of JWJ?". Well, that's ok cus everyone knows it's not a picture of me ..... I ain't nearly as cute as that little monkey. ;)

[fuzzy]

LOL! I like that one! I think I might have to try using that :idea: idea myself...

[trackerm]

those bloody Aussies to spew forth with a myriad of comments along the lines of "Oh, are you saying it isn't a picture of JWJ?".

Nope. This is:
http://userpages.umbc.edu/~mmille20/pm.jpg

Hate those hot linkers ;)

[Brisguy52]

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Might as well make the bandwidth pay for itself eh? ;)

I never knew you were an ex-pat Canadian :lol:

[JWJ]

LOL! I like that one! I think I might have to try using that :idea: idea myself...
The first time I did anything like this was against a forum owner. Me and him had been bantering for a while over his overly rude refusal to let me promote my footie predictions on his site. In the end he went too far and posted a picture of me that he'd found on my site and invited other members to join in a "Caption of the Month" competition. Initially I felt ridiculed but then I spotted that he'd hotlinked to the picture rather than copy it. It took me only a matter of minutes to replace that photo with this (http://www.jwjonline.net/images/J2a.jpg). The forum owner and I found mutual respect and he allowed the banner to stay until after the tournament and even permitted a link in my sig. I'm hoping he's going to let me promote the cricket one now. :lol:

[Sharron]

The first time I did anything like this was against a forum owner. Me and him had been bantering for a while over his overly rude refusal to let me promote my footie predictions on his site. In the end he went too far and posted a picture of me that he'd found on my site and invited other members to join in a "Caption of the Month" competition. Initially I felt ridiculed but then I spotted that he'd hotlinked to the picture rather than copy it. It took me only a matter of minutes to replace that photo with this (http://www.jwjonline.net/images/J2a.jpg). The forum owner and I found mutual respect and he allowed the banner to stay until after the tournament and even permitted a link in my sig. I'm hoping he's going to let me promote the cricket one now. :lol:

John, you are just too clever! lol I wish my mind were that quick with the wit.