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I got a notice from Photobucket that my account has been disabled because the images I have embedded here are third party hosting.

Anyone else get disabled?

Did some research

Our Terms of Use does not allow 3rd party hosting for free accounts. We ask that you upgrade to our Plus 500 subscription plan to continue using Photobucket to power your blog, business, or hobby.

Photobucket defines 3rd party hosting as the action of embedding an image or photo onto another website.

For example, using the <img> tag to embed or display a JPEG image from your Photobucket account on another website such as a forum, Etsy, eBay auction listings, blog, etc. is definitively 3rd party hosting.

To upgrade your account or view our competitive subscription plans,

AND FOLKS that is $400 per YEAR to host these pictures on Photobucket, WHEW

Mike

Picturetrail is the answer >> it's free and easy

Other people have been complaining about this problem in other threads. It seems that any picture that were hosted by Photobucket will no longer appear here unless you pay the substantial annual fee.

This seems to include old images that were in past threads in the archives. Most of that content will be gone because few people will be willing to pay the fees just to share a few photos of their guns.

UPDATE
I no longer have any images on Photobucket --- GONE
Account deleted
Thanks
Mike

This has happened to other photo hosting sites as well in the past. There is a 5 year grace period where everything is free then the hammer comes down. It's a shame and a scam. A lot of historical research is gone.

Is there a way to post photos directly to this forum?

I've been using jpegbox with good results. I don't believe it's possible do enter pictures easily from your computer.
Karl

What really pisses me off about this is that all of Petrov's photos are gone too. Historically this is tragic and I don't know who has access to his account any more.

I can post a picture in 2 minutes or less with jpgbox. It goes down once a year or so but somehow it comes back strong.

Mike,
I don't think your account has been deleted but rather parts of the account have been disabled.

Although I don't post much, to redo the numerous images I have posted using another site would be a major undertaking. Fortunately I have maintained an image library locally.

I have resisted using iCloud but Apple will survive and will not use such underhanded tactics like Photobucket. I am looking into embedding iCloud images into posts on this blog.