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Originally Posted by Veeger
The example in the OP turns out to be a URL link from what I saw. Perhaps a mod altered it. So just to clarify, we are talking direct [img] type links, not links to an offsite web page which holds the image. Correct? [...] Also, as far as know, [img] linking to my own photobucket pics is not a problem either.
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Yes. It was changed by a mod, as indicated in the
edit comment. Yes, it's the [IMG] tag that makes the image appear inline, that makes it a hotlink. A text link to an image,
like this, should not be a bandwidth or copyright issue.
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Originally Posted by 01101001
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Originally Posted by 01101001
For instance that example cup of copy image, cited above, has turned into a text link. Mod's edit says to contact if the usage was in fact legitimate.
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The
Rule 8 text tries to describe it:
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[...] if you see an image you like [...] put in a link to that site, but don't use the [IMG] tags so the image loads into your post from their site directly [...]
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If you hotlink to your image that you own rights to, and it's on photobucket and you know hotlinks are OK with photobucket, then I don't see a problem.
If readers don't get some indication that's what you're doing, then, some may well report it and let a moderator investigate.