How to stop sites from linking to my stylesheet?

[andialeigh]

We've discovered a few scraper sites linking to stylesheets on our domain ... is there anything we can do (windows server) to block sites from doing this?

[Rosalind]

You might change/rename your own stylesheet, and add the following to the one they're using:

BODY {
background:url(DO_NOT_INFRINGE.jpg) right top no-repeat;
}

Where DO_NOT_INFRINGE.jpg is a picture on your own server with a message such as "this site is stealing our stylesheets. Visit my site instead", etc.

[lucy24]

Or add .css to the list of extensions you've got in your current anti-hotlinking routine, if it ends in a flat-out [F] or 403.

If you link to a ferocious "no hotlinks" image, you might enjoy doing something analogous with the css. Rewrite (not redirect!) to a CSS that says, in full, something like

body {margin: -2em; font-size: 800%; font-family: "Comic Sans"; color: #F0F; background-color: #0F0;}

I just made that up, but you get the idea.