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Amazon and eBay Images Broken By Photobucket's 'Ransom Demand' (bbc.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: Thousands of images promoting goods sold on Amazon and other shopping sites have been removed after a photo-sharing service changed its terms. Ebay and Etsy have also been affected, in addition to many forums and blogs. The problem has been caused by Photobucket introducing a charge for allowing images hosted on its platform to be embedded into third-party sites. The company caught many of its members unaware with the change, prompting some to accuse it of holding them to ransom. Denver-based Photobucket is now seeking a $399 annual fee from those who wish to continue using it for "third-party hosting" and is facing a social media backlash as a consequence.
I have a domain. In fact, five of them. I use one of them to upload stuff to so it will be centrally located. Hard, eh what?
Good to see the free market correcting itself. Photobucket is completely in the right here. Companies exist to make money, not give stuff away for free.
Here's hoping Trump can get rid of that Net Neutrality crap that has been hindering ISP progress lately too.
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