Lawyer Explains Why She Deleted Pinterest Boards
I am the last person to read a site’s terms of service. To my eyes and sensibilities it’s a lot of gibberish and lawyer-speak and I frankly don’t get a lot of it. However, whenever a lawyer can break down a site’s terms of service I am all ears. And if that lawyer also happens to be a blogger then I know they really break it down for laymen’s ears to understandable levels.
Kirsten Kowalski of DDK Portraits wrote a detailed piece, Why I Tearfully Deleted My Pinterest Inspiration Boards, about what she found troubling about Pinterest’s terms of service and its implication on its users.
It’s a great post and definitely worth a read if you’re at all worried about potential ramifications you may face by pinning a work that is not your own.
On the Net: ddkportraits.com/2012/02/why-i-tearfully-deleted-my-pinterest-inspiration-boards
More Articles of Interest:
(Mashable) Sorry, Pinterest Users: Websites Can Now Block Pinning [VIDEO]
(Yahoo) Flickr update blocks Pinterest pins of copyrighted photos
I read this article when it first came out. I have had a pinterest account for a while, but I didn’t pin much in the beginning, because I was concerned with copyright infringement. I very rarely “re-pin” anything. If I like an imagine, I will go to the “supposed” source, and then make sure that the original source is the rightful owner of the image (so often, it’s not).
Too many people credit “google” as being the source, when clearly, google is not the owner of the images.
Be careful with Twitter and Facebook also.