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You could (and in fact probably should) do what GitHub does. Fetch the images, store a copy and serve them yourself. That way even if the external URLs stop wor
by TheCoreh 10y ago
You could (and in fact probably should) do what GitHub does. Fetch the images, store a copy and serve them yourself. That way even if the external URLs stop working, the images on your forum/site will remain functional.
- no_protocol 10y agoThis is scary to me so I haven't tried it yet. If I'm allowing users to upload arbitrary files, I might have to deal with things like copyright laws. It doesn't sound fun. Does anyone have relevant information for such a site in the United States?
- ldjb 10y agoI'm not a lawyer (nor even American) but I believe the most relevant legislation would be the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. In which case, it might be a good idea to formulate a policy similar to the one linked to in the footer of this very website.
- catmanjan 10y agoIt's not a trivial problem, I'd be more worried about users uploading illegal content maliciously. Would definitely require a moderation team depending on the site size...
- vbezhenar 10y agoAFAIK hosting a link could be copyright violation too. All bittorrent sites host links, not real content, yet they are sued and closed.