For the record...the admins of this site 100% back up the actions of Derek (dr del) and the discussions of Deborah in this thread. Our "hotlinking" rule does not typically apply to sites like photobucket because their entire purpose is to allow folks to host and post images freely. HOWever....this fact does NOT negate ownership of images and it is still against our rules to post someone else's pictures. And while we can't always know when someone is doing this...when we DO know, our staff will take appropriate actions.
JasonG has been asked to cease arguing this point in this thread, so I would also ask the rest of you to let it drop as well, because he should not respond.