For the information of people that have no contact with what happens on a www site....

EACH DAY, every domain and sub domain has a LOG FILE.  It's a Word Pad type document that lists EACH AND EVERY TIME someone accesses EACH PIECE you have on your www site. 

If a person copy and pastes a background, a header...what ever...you get a list for EACH piece that was accessed. 

It gives you the URL of the site where that piece was called.  They are hyper linked, so all anyone has to do is click on that, and it takes them right to where that piece has been copied and pasted.

So anyone stealing Bandwidth (and violating a designers copyright), when it is done you leave a calling card.... a trail, of bread crumbs RIGHT BACK TO YOUR SITE.

If you are stealing large amounts of bandwidth, these people could actually sue you for loss of money.  People have to pay for bandwidth and can be expensive.

 It records the Date, Time and ISP from where the image was called, tells what browser you used to call for the time. It even tells if you are using Dial Up or DSL to connect.  Lastly, it gives the URL that is calling for that item. 

So when you steal from people on the www.  You are leaving a calling cards saying "I am member of this group and I added this on my group”.  EACH AND EVERY TIME that someone opens the message on a message board with stolen graphics or each time a custom page opens there is a record.

Text is different than images.  Copying text - with permission - is not Bandwidth thief.  Images actually require a "host" image on the net.  Text does not. 

When you copy and paste a message - but sure to know you have permission though - the text is permanent, even if the original messages is deleted 

(YOU MAY COPY THIS AND POST IT ON YOUR SITE)

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