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* The John McCain [[Myspace]] site featured an update template which didn't give the requested credit to its designer, and leeched images from his site. He responded by replacing it with [http://mike.newsvine.com/_news/2007/03/27/633799-hacking-john-mccain a fake message from John supporting gay marriage].

* [[Conservapedia]] hotlinked an image of the Grand Canyon citing "[[Fair Use]]". The owner [http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/File:Copyrighted-Picture.jpg responded] by adding text to the picture denouncing Conservapedia's beliefs and their hijacking of the pic.

* The ''[[EVE Online]]'' WMG section of ~~this~~ ~~very wiki~~ once hotlinked an image to the new galaxy introduced in ''Apocrypha''. Upon finding it hotlinked everywhere, the author changed it to an image begging for the Naglfar-class Dreadnought to be buffed.

* The ''[[EVE Online]]'' WMG section of [[TV Tropes]] once hotlinked an image to the new galaxy introduced in ''Apocrypha''. Upon finding it hotlinked everywhere, the author changed it to an image begging for the Naglfar-class Dreadnought to be buffed.

* The evil forces of [[Image Boards|Enturbulation]] used this tactic against against the Guardian newspaper on one occasion. Specifically, when it leeched a picture taken at a protest against the [[Church of Happyology|Scilons]] from Britchan. They responded with [[Shock Site|Goatse]]. The exact course of events is documented in ~~the following video:~~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}OIjNzXSQoGY

* The evil forces of [[Image Boards|Enturbulation]] used this tactic against against the ''Guardian'' newspaper on one occasion. Specifically, when it leeched a picture taken at a protest against the [[Church of Happyology|Scilons]] from Britchan. They responded with [[Shock Site|Goatse]]. The exact course of events is documented in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}OIjNzXSQoGY this video].