blocking hotlinking with .htaccess only works for plain domain, when preceeded by www no block

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Published on 2011-01-06T17:28:18Z Indexed on 2011/01/06 17:55 UTC
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Having tried all sorts of suggestions popping up from google, I am at my wit's end.

Presently I use a solution created with htaccesstools.com/hotlink-protection/

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?mydomain.tld/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png|js|css)$ - [NC,F,L]

Checking it out with altlab.com/htaccess_tutorial.html testing facility (near bottom of page ) shows no image if mydomain.tld/mypic.jpg is entered, while if prefixed with www (www.mydomain.tld/mypic.jpg) the pic is displayed.

Any helpful comments welcome.

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