Using htaccess to enable hotlink protection

Question
How do I use htaccess to enable hotlink protection?
Answer
You can add the following code in your .htaccess file to enable hotlink protection: 
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer    "^http://www.example.com/" locally_linked=1
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer "^http://www.example.com$" locally_linked=1
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer "^http://example.com/" locally_linked=1
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer "^http://example.com$" locally_linked=1
SetEnvIfNoCase Referer "^$" locally_linked=1

Order Allow,Deny
Allow from env=locally_linked
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