photobucket sometime back started charging for hot linking images, I have quite a few images on my forum and don't want to loose them.

has anyone found a way of fixing this issue, or downloading them and updating the links on the forum, could do it manually but with 15000 images it would take to long.

Tank you in advance for any help or advice 

No answer? here's what i've find out - If you had ~original at the end of the img source link, you'll be able to have the picture to display...

Now, it's a matter of finding a way to apply that site wide