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

Re: still confused...

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Is the difference simply whether or not the image is embedded in the page?

It's embedding in the page without asking first I want to prevent, yes. I'd rather people were directed to ciphergoth.org so they can see the images in context. Credit is part of that.

In the "photos" section, I always make a page for each image.

In practice I'd be prepared to be very flexible for anyone who actually asks.