Copying files from remote server

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I'm trying to import content from another server via RSS. My problem
is with the images. Parsing the RSS with feedparser, I can get the
image, but from there I've run into trouble. I can save a pointer to
the remote file, but then I can't thumbnail or otherwise work with the
image like a local file, and it could disappear someday. I'm trying to
save a local copy of the files, but can't seem to get it working
properly. From what I can tell, I'm copying the file OK, but the image
model doesn't see it.

my view is here: http://pastebin.com/m7eee7ff2