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In this case, I think the main problem is (emphasis mine): "If you can't see the image, Retool's new service is using images hosted from fakercloud.com" There
by caslon 5y ago
In this case, I think the main problem is (emphasis mine):
"If you can't see the image, Retool's new service is using images hosted from fakercloud.com"
There's a difference between using someone's software and using someone's servers.
- adam_arthur 5y agoI'm interested in the legality of what they're doing. But it seems very similar in concept to automated web scraping, which has been deemed legal in the US.
- judge2020 5y agoThe U.S. legislature hasn’t touched computer laws in forever, so an armchair guess is hard, but chances are that causing an extreme financial burden by hotlinking someone else’s images is illegal - although maybe the fact that fakercloud could just block hotlinking based on the referrer header means it’s not as open-and-shut of a case.
- ryandrake 5y agoIn my view, if your web server responds to an arbitrary HTTP GET with the asset and 200 error code, then your intention is that the asset is public and any browser can request it. If you don’t like a particular request, return 403 and get on with your life.
- throwaway4good 5y agoI am sure that they can change that if marek requests it. But he doesn’t instead he wants a two year consulting contract where he continues to work on his own project.
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