Right, but not every user-agent responsibly reports the referer header.
In most user-agents it's an option that can be turned off.  Many (maybe
even most) personal firewalls strip the referer header from outgoing
requests.  Windows Media Player, iirc, never sends it.   

> -----Original Message-----
> From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lucas Gonze
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 11:51 AM
> To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: MyHeavy.com Disregarding 
> Vlogger CC Licenses
> 
> On 1/4/07, Mike Hudack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The Referer header is unreliable.
> 
> Faking the Referer header *would* be a cause worth 
> litigating, but they're not doing that.
> 
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