Referrer blocking images

[ciphergoth]

I'm finding that quite a few people are linking directly to images on http://www.ciphergoth.org/ and none of them have asked first. I'm tempted to institute referrer blocking, so that if an image is embedded in a page not my own, an alternate image is displayed: probably one containing a URL which links to a page explaining what I've done and why.

What do people think? Is referrer blocking a Bad Thing? Is there a better way to do it? I'd be happy to make exceptions for pretty much anyone who asks, but I don't like the way people don't ask first.

Update: I'll probably use the instructions from the LiveJournal FAQ instead of that module...

Comments

[wechsler.livejournal.com]

If they don't ask, you're under no obligation to give - I assume the module doesn't block image request with no referer though, as a lot of browsers no lomger send this field.

I should probably check my own sites for this...

[wechsler.livejournal.com]

Note to self: rtfm first, post later ;)