Showing posts with label internet safety. Show all posts
Showing posts with label internet safety. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Pinterest May Not Be All it's Cut Out to Be

I know that most everyone who is blogging nowadays has a Pinterest account. I had kind of wondered a few times when pinning and repinning things how it was okay to be 'borrowing' these pictures from other people on the internet. Apparently, it's not. Check out the following article about how a lawyer/photographer dug into the terms of use at Pinterest to discover that YOU and YOU ALONE are responsible if someone decides to sue because you used their photo and didn't ask permission. And if they decide to sue you AND Pinterest, not only do you pay for your own lawyer, you pay for Pinterest's lawyer too. Really making me think about taking down my boards which I REALLY don't want to do!
Check out the article here.
How often do we sign up for stuff and not read all the fine print? Yup. I'm guilty. I'm really rethinking this one. So far, I have removed everything that might be construed as art pieces (photography, painted pieces). I figure tutorials are fairly safe because someone has posted them as something everyone can copy and do (within reason). It is also a way to get more people to that person's blog. I have removed all of my color inspiration pieces because most were from photography sites, etc.  I'm still debating taking the whole thing down, but I just really hate losing all of it. But I don't want to be like people who had Napster and were sued no matter what their age and no matter how many songs they took.
What are your thoughts?