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How is anti-hotlinking done?

I have a lot of images on my site and I don`t want to let other people to use my images on their sites. Is there any way to block the use of my images from other sites, maybe with .htaccess?

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marked as duplicate by John Conde♦ Nov 21 '11 at 20:13

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RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}  !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}  !^https?://www\.domain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}  !^https?://subdomain\.domain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|bmp)$ http://google.com/thief.png [R,NC,L]

to allow people view images:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}  ^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}  !^https?://www\.domain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}  !^https?://subdomain\.domain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|bmp)$ http://google.com/thief.png [R,NC,L]
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Note: if you want to enable users to view image by typing URL in address bar, remove Second line! – Death Nov 21 '11 at 16:49
Only removing the second line wont allow people to view the image by typing the url directly into the address bar – Tom Knapen Nov 21 '11 at 17:07
@Tom you're right, I'll change the code – Death Nov 21 '11 at 17:35