Road of Peas

Someone is running this image through a MySpace editor function of some sort. The URL is such that only that person can make use of it, when I plug it in I get redirected to the login page. I should login.

Now that URL gets me to my own editor. That’s good, I shouldn’t be able to edit someone else’s page. That assures me that the person whose profile contains my image is the one who put it there.

Updates as appropriate.

UPDATE 21 Dec 2005: There has been no further activity with this picture. They must have decided it wasn’t the right image for their profile page. Or perhaps they just aren’t anyone’s friend. Who knows.

UPDATE TWO 21 Dec 2005: I spoke too soon - it’s on their blog, and set to private.

The Hotlinking the Vegetable About file was just accessed via this search. (hmm, the about file is on the first page, that’s a bit surprising as it’s only been around a few days.)

I’d be curious if eventually they discover something. The solution provided by A List Apart is pretty good if you have the access and technical skill. Mostly access, he walks you through what to do. So perhaps reading the about file will be helpful.

This all seems very strange. I support the rights of a creater, but seriously, how can anyone expect that their way cool picture isn’t going to end up bouncing around the net. Yes, it’s best if attribution is given, but people simply don’t understand what they’re doing, and/or they don’t really care. It won’t change anytime soon, indeed, it will become more pervasive.

Putting a cool picture on the web seems like an attractive nuisance. An attractive pleasure, if you will.

I’ll have to read through that google search, see if I can glean any bits of wisdom from among the dross.

There have been five hotlinks coming from MySpace.com. Three of them have been part of a profile page, and the other two in the list of friends comments. I’ve been unable to contact any of them, as far as I know. I haven’t heard back.

I will describe the latest four. First up is an old friend.

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This picture is on THE FA11EN TM’s profile page. Apparently, he’s a 21 year old male from Soledad, California. He started using this image on 23 Oct 2005 and it’s been on his page ever since. I tried messaging to no avail - I will again eventually.

This picture certainly appeals to quite a range of people, from Mr. FA11EN TM to Miss ForgetfullyPink.

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This orange rose was on Brittani’s profile page for two days earlier this month, the 7th and 8th of Decemeber 2005. She’s using a snowflake pattern now. I tried to contact her, maybe she got spooked. Anyway, thank you Brittani for using my picture for a few days!

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Sabaki and my foot are in the friends comments on melody’s profile page. The picture was included in a comment by Jess, who hails from the interestingly named Smithsoniantonville, Alabama. Is this for real? I think not, but it’s cool! Points for wonkish creativity!

I had despaired of contacting people here by the time this showed up. It was posted on the 15th of December 2005, and I continue to serve the image up.
Thank you, Jess!

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I photographed this snake at the trailhead of the Woodpecker Loop Trail at the William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge. It appeared in the friends comments of Mr. White’s profile page, and in a particularly cool way. From 10 Nov 2005 to 6 Dec 2005 it was part of a slideshow which scroll a whole bunch of gopher pictures, and then the gopher snake. By the time I saw it, the effect was spoiled by the picture immediately preceding it having a “HEY! THIS IS MINE!” notice, and a few more strident sentences whose precise nature I have forgotten.

This is one reason it’s okay with me for the picture to be sans credit: it would have spoiled the effect. I seem to recall that Katrin! was the friend commenting. Wow! Katrin! has a very nice flower spider picture as her back ground. I should point her at my Spiders archive.

And thanks! whoever it was that created the slideshow, very cool hotlink.