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Every other image I see hotlinked from Imgur returns a "403 – Forbidden" error.
If I copy and paste the link into my browser the image will load. Or if I delete the initial i. in the URL, the image loads.
The image will not load if it's used in a BBCode style tag, or if I right click on it and choose open in a new tab.
Do you know the cause or a fix?
These are a couple of examples that you'll probably be able to see, but I can't unless I do one of those above mentioned actions:
The Terms of Service say, "Don't upload copyrighted material, harassment, spam, gore, pornography, or especially child pornography. If you do, we will ban you, delete all your images, report you to the authorities if necessary, and prevent you from viewing any images hosted on Imgur.com."
So, I suppose you could try uploading some gore?
Seriously, though, just use the contact form and request deletion. I'm sure they get them all the time.
From the TOS, this would seem to suggest that nothing happens to your licensing.
Imgur Terms of Service are subject to change without notice. All files are copyrighted © to their respective owners. Imgur directs full legal responsibility of files to their respective users.
To answer the other part of your question, AFAIK, there is now way to associate any particularly licensing information to an image hosted on imgur. IANAL, but it sure seems like this should mean that nobody has any rights to your image, other then what is needed to view it while it is hosted on imgur. It seems to me that you could link to the image from a blog or something and spell out any particular rights or license that you wish to use for use beyond viewing on imgur.
Best Answer
I found out that imgur has an outright ban on the site for some reason. No one knows why.
The workaround is to use the site's https connection, then the images will load. We guess imgur didn't ban https://site.com.