• Septimaeus@infosec.pub
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    5 months ago

    It’s old internet etiquette. I think the point is that hotlinking asks someone else to serve content without giving them traffic, if that makes sense.

    • threelonmusketeers
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      5 months ago

      Does Randall putting “Image URL (for hotlinking/embedding)” directly below each comic on the xkcd site count as permission?