Pinterest & Copyright

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I have a confession to make: I hate Pinterest. No, that’s not exactly right. There’s more to it than simple loathing. I hate Pinterest and I wish it would die a fiery death, not just for my sake, but for the sake of all humankind. There, that’s better. First, the basics For the uninitiated, Pinterest, in the most basic sense, is a place where people go to share and view images. Each user can organize their photos (videos, too, though they’re much less common) into various “pinboards.”

Pinterest was launched almost exactly two years ago, and for most of that time the site was sleepy and a bit insular (invites are still required to join, but these days they’re easy to come by). This January, comScore reported that, during the prior month, Pinterest racked up 11.7 million unique views—a number that’s pretty much unprecedented for a site its age. Pin Hammer (pinhammer) on Pinterest. Is Pinterest Sending Less Referral Traffic? One Report Says So.

After peaking in February, referral traffic from Pinterest has declined for two consecutive months.

That’s according to new data from the social sharing tool provider Shareaholic. Analyzing traffic to the 200,000 publishers that use its social sharing buttons, Shareaholic shows traffic from Pinterest representing 0.74 percent of all traffic during April, down from 0.8 percent in March and a high of 1.05 percent in February. The decline puts Pinterest back below Twitter as a referral source after surpassing it in February. This is just one source of data about which sites drive traffic and, like any other single source, shouldn’t be looked on as definitive. Pinterest’s Quiet Copyright Coup. The hottest new social site, Pinterest, has responded to concerns of copyright conscious website owners by offering a way for sites to block pinning directly from their websites (by placing a <meta name="pinterest" content="nopin" /> in their site's header).

Sites that don't want users stealing pinning their images can now place code on their site and Pinterest's users will no longer be able to pin images from that site in one click. The move comes on the heels of several articles outlining the fact that almost all Pinterest users are violating copyright laws and that Pinterest's terms of service actually make the user liable for that copyright infringement. Unfortunately, Pinterest is merely putting the proverbial lipstick on their copyright abusing pig. Not pining for pinning. - [i] LoveLife. I've deleted my Pinterest account.

Oh, don't worry. I'm not asking you to delete your accounts or your collections of cute kitty pictures or uber important hot body workout motivations. Pinterest – Copyright Infringement Made Cool? To start out on a positive note, let me say that I think the story of Pinterest is inspiring.

It is tempting to believe that many of the simpler ideas associated with innovation have been thought of, and only very complex, time consuming, expensive initiatives can break new ground. Along comes Pinterest, offering an extremely simple idea – providing the electronic paradigm of a corkboard with photos, recipes, and other notes that people want to keep handy and visible, and giving them the opportunity to link to those of others. If anyone doubts that there is always a simple, yet powerful idea lurking around the corner, look no further than Pinterest. Pinterest is turning out to be a great opportunity for small and large businesses to gain exposure and increase sales.

Other blog and news sites, such as Mansurovs, are garnering additional traffic as a result of people pinning its articles to various photography boards. 1) “Pinterest Is Cool” 2) “Pinning Photos – What’s The Big Deal?” 1. 2. Curation – it’s shit. I could have written 5h1t: I could have been more subtle; I could have tried to be more consensual; but that must be lacking in my DNA .

But in the end by using S-word, I am ultimately being very mild-mannered compared with what I think deep down. Curation here, curation there. You really wonder if people are speaking through their noses or even from the bottom of a place where the said substance rightly ends up. I won’t use the word again. 1) Curation platforms and the action of curating in itself contribute nothing To curate (or to pick out in fact… I don’t know…), what is it? The action of curating is one that has a very, very, very low added value!. Now you white knights of curation are certainly going to respond that the automated operation is never as relevant as the human one, that what is attractive is this relevant bespoke selection, and these possibilities for subscribing to another’s content; but let’s look reality in the eye.

Many people are guilty of that: Conclusion. Creators Against Pinterest.