Pinterest does seem be paying attention to all the bad press its been getting in the last few weeks. I wrote the “Pinterest – Love It and Do It Right” post a few days ago to give tips on how to pin an image to avoid copyright infringement as well as to provide a clear link back to the image source.
Copyright issues are at the heart of a big problem with pinning and repinning images. After a photographer, Kristen with DDK Portraits, wrote a blog post on why she was tearfully deleting her Pinterest boards, she received a phone call from Ben Silbermann, the owner of Pinterest. A REAL LIVE PHONE call. Please read the blog post on Kristen’s phone “Date with Ben Silbermann“. It does sound like he genuinely wants to address and correct the problems with Pinterest. Yea! DOUBLE YEA! Fingers and toes crossed because I do love Pinterest.
So stay tuned and to quote Bob Dylan with a word change – “the Pinterest, they are a-changin”! (We hope!)
And remember – protect you images always with a watermark, an id with your name or url, or all of these.
Phyllis
I finally took the time to read Kristen’s blog post. Amazing results from a post. Good news and I hope that Ben will make some changes.
Thanks for sharing, Phyllis!
-Molly
I think Pinterest is the biggest thing since….the internet. 😉 I was going to say sliced bread, but that dates me. I really do hope that they address some of these issues. I have to not be lazy and start watermarking my own images before I post.