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This was sent to me in reply to an email re what "in the public domain" meant from the photographer who has made his images available from this website: []. It is reproduced as sent: "yes .. my photos is public domain, you can use them the way you like, but you need to download them first. the problem is you having is called bandwidth hotlinking, what you need to do is to download the photo to your computer and then upload it to your application. No Hotlinking, I ask that you do not directly link images from my site to other web pages (please copy them to your own site first.) Bandwidth theft or "hotlinking" is direct linking to a web site's files (images, etc.). An example would be using an tag to display a JPEG image you found on someone else's web page so it will appear on your own site, Facebook, myspace, eBay auction listing, weblog, forum message post, etc. A simple analogy for bandwidth theft: Imagine a random stranger plugging into your electrical outlets, using your electricity without your consent, and you paying for it."