encyclo - 3:34 pm on Jun 9, 2006 (gmt 0)

I don't have any problem with that

But it is a problem when Yahoo takes third-party content, places it in a Yahoo-branded frame under their own domain, and deliberately removes advertising placed by the publisher on the original page for 80%-plus of internet users (those using IE). The original publisher pays for the bandwidth to provide Yahoo with free image and video content on their own domain, but is denied the chance to profit from their work.

A reaction (other than banning Yahoo images) would probably involve server-side scripting to detect referrers from Yahoo images, and the use of the <noscript></noscript> element to provide alternative content or non-JS-driven advertising (eg. banners) to those with Javascript forcibly disabled. But it is not always easy to implement complex scripted solutions for many site owners who do not have the technical knowledge.