This blog had some image that was linked to in a
diary. The owner
is unhappy about it, and he has every reason to be.
Now, he doesn't understand (nor does the really stupid Don Luskin) that I have no control over the diarists. If he had emailed me about it, I would've deleted the image in question.
But the fact they can't distinguish between me and the diarists doesn't negate the fact that he's got a point about hot linking images from small sites, especially when you aren't offering a link or anything tangible in return.
Don't do it. If you want to post an image, upload it to a personal account and link to that. Hotlinking to images on other sites is rude, it's theft. You do it, and it's a potentially bannable offense.