This month in the MAY screenie post here at wincustomize, a fellow subscriber asked me "where can I find that wall(paper)?"
Now, as I am not a professional forum type person, I just posted a link directly to the FREE wallpaper on the origin site.
Then after I posted my reply, I checked the link and it worked fine.
In the same reply, I posted a link to the homepage of the origin site and gave the title/author 100% credit (of course) and some awesome cudos for such nice artwork.
The next day, I checked the direct link to the wall and found myself redirected to a google search of this "hotlinking" topic. (My link had changed and not by my doing). But, the link to the homepage of origin is still intact.
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Is this actually illegal? How did my link get changed?
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I honestly did not mean to cause any harm or trouble... just trying to be sociable. I have seen many hotlinks around the forums, but since I do not know the etiquette of every situation, I feel I need to ask.
Thank you for any helpful replies... I wont be able to check back here until tomorrow morning. I need a couple hours sleep before I go to work tonight.