Exactly. Hotlinking is a very bad idea. Use an image hosting site instead. Download the images from the sites, upload them on a hosting site and use those here. Thanks for the info though!
Quote: but there has to be a reason for spelling n@m3s and s17es the way we do.
The reason is simple: when they find out, they can actually take down this site and/or its content, even when it's only an ad freely available on the net, because not everything here is based on "free" stuff.
Uncle G00gl3 can index the text, but not the images per se, so it's ok to leave the tags in the pics.