Alternative for Dreamhost? (can't use file_get_contents)

When I enable this content, make a field, and test it out with a photobucket account, I get the following errors.

# warning: file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in ............/modules/emfield/contrib/image_ncck/providers/photobucket.inc on line 118.
# warning: file_get_contents(http://s29.photobucket.com/....................) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in ...................../modules/emfield/contrib/image_ncck/providers/photobucket.inc on line 118.

Lines 118-119 are the last lines of this include, and are as follows:

  $html = file_get_contents($url);
  return $title[$url] = preg_match('@<span id="photoTitle">(.+?)</span>@is', $html, $matches)? $matches[1] : '';

Oddly enough, the image I linked does appear and is formatted exactly as I configured. I just have this slew of error messages.

I contacted Dreamhost, they say: "We disabled remote url access using fopen for security reasons."

Is there a workaround for this? If I'm not concerned about the photobucket image title, can I just comment out this line?