In response to my thoughts about inline images and leeching bandwidth, Kareem writes to disagree with my impression that musical sampling is considered fair use. “Musical sampling is not generally not

protected under fair use according to the courts if it

is taken for commericial use. Or at least since 1991

anyway:

http://www.alankorn.com/articles/sampling.html.” And several people wrote to support the idea that no one should have to pay for the bandwidth viewers of other sites eat up when those sites link to their images. I agree with one thing, on reflection; it is impossible to draw a line based on the number of hits. After the first hit, one is on a slippery slope.