to pin or not--please don't pin mine
I'm bothered by the fact that "Pins"are coming from here with no credit to the actual artist. This violates copyright--i don't copy photos to my blog that aren't mine, but people seem to think it's okay to do it there. And now Pinterest can "print" those pins and make money from my images uncredited and with no financial or artistic recompense to myself or the other artists.
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Permalink Reply by Judy B on -
I have collected a few links to blog posts about Pinterest and copyright.
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Permalink Reply by arlee barr on -
Ye, i've read those. I don't think people are completely reading the terms there, or acting respectfully of others work.
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Permalink Reply by arlee barr on
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I've seen photos on boards there with NO credit to the maker, from this site itself.
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Permalink Reply by Emily on -
Don't use pinterest to post other people's pictures if you don't have permission. You are exposing yourself to enormous legal and financial risk if the copyright holder should decide to sue. I have a blog post on this matter with a link to an article written by a lawyer. Read the terms of service carefully. You will be forced to pay Pinterest's legal fees, your legal fees and the plaintiff's fees should you lose.
Don't pin without permission for your own safety!!!
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Permalink Reply by Emily on
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One more thing mark your photos with your copyright ! That way will you will forever have credit no matter where the photo ends up.
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Permalink Reply by arlee barr on
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Exactly Emily!
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Permalink Reply by arlee barr on
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Sorry, i don't---they are usually in people's boards about embroidery---wish i had made note at the time of whose it was--or should have been credited to
Shirley said:Do you have a link to those from here on Pinterest
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Permalink Reply by Marjolein Mieras on -
I have seen photos marked with copyright, but this text was at the bottom. That makes it easy to crop the photo so the text is gone. Better is perhaps a transparant watermark across the center of the photo. The photo will be spoiled then.
Emily said:One more thing mark your photos with your copyright ! That way will you will forever have credit no matter where the photo ends up.
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Permalink Reply by sharonb on
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I am looking into this - often however its is not members who are pinning but outsiders.
You do have ways of dealing with it.
I have found a good article on tracing who is pinning you and what to do and how to get pinterest to take them down quickly
http://makingamark.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/how-pinterest-removed-al...
and this is how fast they moved to take them down
http://makingamark.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/takedown-how-pinterest-m...
Just get them taken down dont faff about copyright marks etc people can just chop them off.Its illegal and against Pinterests own rules - just report it no iffs or buts
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Permalink Reply by Emily on
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I know Marjolein, I think the writing ruins them too. But I put mine over the bottom, but it is over an important part of the image, not just background. I've seen people mark their photos in the middle with very tiny text. Then they are pretty much unusable for commercial purposes which is what I find the worst part of it. Your pictures end up on Pinterest without your approval, then the site can and will do whatever it wants with them (since they claim to own them) to make money, including sending people who click to other websites. The copyright mark at least makes it so it will always be clear where they came from. It certainly isn't perfect.
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