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{{Infobox website
| name            = BayImg
| logo            = Bayimg logo.png
| screenshot      = Bayimg.png
| screenshot_size = 250px
| caption         = ''BayImg'' front page
| url             = {{URL|http://bayimg.com}}
| commercial      = Ad supported
| type            = [[image hosting service|Image Hosting Service]]
| registration    = None
| owner           = [[The Pirate Bay]]
| author          = The Pirate Bay
| launch_date     = 2007
| current_status  = Online
| revenue         =
}}
'''BayImg''' is an [[image hosting]] website founded in 2007 by [[The Pirate Bay]],<ref>Mennecke,
Thomas (June 20, 2007). [http://www.slyck.com/story1497.html "BayIMG takes on ImageShack"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820093226/http://www.slyck.com/story1497.html |date=2011-08-20 }}. [[Slyck News]].</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pirate Bay, scourge of Hollywood|date=3 August 2007 |author=Pruyn, Rowald |publisher=ZDnet.nl |language=Dutch |url=http://www.zdnet.nl/news.cfm?id=71209 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724173719/http://www.zdnet.nl/news.cfm?id=71209 |archivedate=24 July 2011 |accessdate=5 March 2013}} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//www.zdnet.nl/news.cfm%3Fid%3D71209&hl=en&langpair=auto|en&tbb=1&ie=UTF-8 English tr.])</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://thepiratebay.gl/blog/72 |title=Uncensored image hosting |author=bkp_aka_fry |work=TPB |publisher=thepiratebay.org |date=25 June 2007 |accessdate=28 September 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129101748/http://thepiratebay.org/blog |archivedate=29 January 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> and pulled offline after a TPB server was compromised in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bays-image-hosting-site-bayimg-returns-for-a-bit-160425/|title = Pirate Bay's Image Hosting Site 'Bayimg' Returns, for a Bit * TorrentFreak}}</ref> BayImg provided a no-registration service that did not have any copyright license enforced on its images.<ref>[http://bayimg.com/faq "FAQ"]. Bayimg.com.</ref>
BayImg had a 100MB file limit and supported over 140 different file formats. Uploaded images were automatically converted to [[JPEG]] format. It used tag clouds to browse images and supports removal codes for images. The website aimed to host all images that are legal but reserved the right to remove images due to technical reasons.
Anyone could upload and remain fully anonymous, making it harder to track down which user uploaded a certain image. It had been criticised for the 'unnecessary' use of [[JavaScript]] to load images.
<blockquote>
We do not censor [the images]. We believe in [[freedom of speech]], it's of utter importance to us. As long as your pictures are legal they will be hosted here, but we reserve the right to remove images due to technical reasons though.
Well, we really think it is a big deal [to host uncensored images]. Freedom of speech is our foundation. And it doesn't come cheap. You might have heard that old quote by [[Evelyn Beatrice Hall]]; "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." It's really that simple. There are a lot of ugly opinions out there, but democracy ain't worth much without the right to express those opinions. There is this myth about freedom of speech being a nice comfortable idea, well it's not. It's annoying, appalling and sometimes even dangerous. But the opposite is way worse.
</blockquote>
By the word "legal", BayImg meant legal under Swedish law.
[[File:Bayimg.com blocked by orders of Department of Telecom on BSNL broadband network.png|left|thumb|Bayimg.com blocked by orders of [[Department of Telecom]] on [[BSNL]] broadband network in India]]
Pre-publication images from ''[[GQ]]'', ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', ''[[Teen Vogue]]'' and ''[[Lucky (magazine)|Lucky]]'', posted to BayImg, became part of a legal battle when [[Condé Nast Publications|Conde Nast]]'s servers were illegally accessed and links to the images were posted on a fashion blog.<ref>{{cite web |title=Condé Nast Makes Strong Case To Unmask Blogger Who Posted Leaked Content|first=Wendy |last=Davis |date=December 23, 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317231832/http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=119666 |archivedate=17 March 2010 |accessdate=5 March 2013|url=http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=119666}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Condé subpoenas Google, AT&T in hacker fight |date=30 December 2009 |author=Kelly, Keith J. |publisher=[[The New York Post]] |url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/conde_subpoenas_google_at_in_hacker_L4IUVSDpfj56L5Gcq7PSvN |accessdate=28 July 2010 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120906183452/http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/conde_subpoenas_google_at_in_hacker_L4IUVSDpfj56L5Gcq7PSvN |archivedate=6 September 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The blogger was IP-traced, raided by the FBI, and settled with Conde Nast.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fashion Hacker Identified, Forced to Pay Condé Nast $12,500 in Damages |date=12 December 2010 |first=Charlotte |last=Cowles |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2010/12/fashion_hacker_identified_forc.html |accessdate=5 March 2013}}</ref>
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== Notes ==
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== External links ==
* [http://bayimg.com BayImg.com] (official website)
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