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No, it's not universally considered a theft. Wikimedia explicitly permits hotlinking[0]. So does xkcd, imgur and tons of other sites. Of course when someone do
by yreg 6y ago
No, it's not universally considered a theft. Wikimedia explicitly permits hotlinking[0]. So does xkcd, imgur and tons of other sites.
Of course when someone doesn't want us to hotlink to their assets then don't do it.
[0] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Reusing_content_outside_Wikimedia/technical#Hotlinking https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Reusing_content_o...