Rails - Apr 2008 - how do I display an image from a rails app in another site?

I have a rails app with some images uploaded with file_column

the url of one of the images is
http://soccertackle/image/image/189/supertramp-thumb.jpg.
When I type this into a browsers address bar I can see the image.
However when I try to display this image on another site using HTML
<img src="http://soccertackle/image/image/189/supertramp-thumb.jpg"
/>
no image is displayed.

does this have something to do with the public directory?

I would be very grateful if anyone can give me any advise. Thank you.
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Your problem might be hotlink protection. If the server hosting the 
image sees that the HTTP referral is another site, it may ignore the 
request.
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