Is the Pinterest Problem Really a Problem? Just as guest blogger Beth Hayden and I were going to press with the Pinterest post on Monday, the s**t hit the fan. This blogger and that blogger have been raising legitimate concerns about Pinterest’s Terms of Service and copyright infringement. There is enough worry out there that I felt it necessary to follow up. Note: This is not intended to scare anyone away from using Pinterest. I just want to make sure you hear the concerns about using Pinterest along with the rosy side we gave you earlier. I don’t consider the case closed with this post. We’re still beginning to understand the situation and will watch how Pinterest evolves. Read the Terms of Service (TOS) We’re all guilty of agreeing to stuff without reading it, but you need to understand what you’re getting yourself into before signing on to Pinterest or any other site.
I recall not too long ago that arti sts were up in arms about Facebook’s TOS – giving Facebook “ownership” of the images. 1. I don’t mean thumbnails only. 2. 3. 4. Pinterest continues to address copyright issues and adds Flickr attribution. Due to a great deal of whiny criticism about copyright issues, Pinterest has introduced a new attribution system with the help of sites like Flickr, Vimeo and YouTube. Over the past few months, as interest in Pinterest has grown and grown and GROWN, many issues have been raised about whether users really have a right to pin anything they please. Some individuals and businesses raised valid points about their work being taken and used without attribution, whereas others were just jumping on the "Pinterest is bad" bandwagon and made us want to set the internet on fire.
In response to some of these concerns the popular pinning platform updated its terms of service, gave everyone a way to block 'pinning' on their website and has today launched a new way of attributing those who originally created content. The Pinterest blog post states: "Attribution appears below the pin's description and provides a permanent link to the work, its author, and where they host their content.
[Via Pinterest] Summary of current copyright law as it pertains to email, web sites, mineral clubs, club newsletters. Photographs, text and video are all copyrighted the moment they are created. No action is required by the creator of photographs, text or video in order to protect their works. All creative works are protected instantly. Period. No doubt about it. Using any images or articles from johnbetts-fineminerals.com or allminerals.com is forbidden without written permission. As an author I have had many instances where my photographs and articles have been reprinted without my permission.
Misconception #1: An article or photograph does not have a "C in a circle" symbol, therefore it is not copyrighted. Fact: According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) "The laws of almost all countries provide that copyright protection starts as soon as the work is created. " Misconception #2: An article was less than 250 words, therefore we can use it freely. Fact: An article, column, paragraph or sentence are all equally protected by copyright law regardless of length. Conclusion © John H. Pinterest copyright. Www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf. Fair use act. Fair Use.
U.S. Copyright Office Fair Use Index Welcome to the U.S. Copyright Office Fair Use Index. This Fair Use Index is a project undertaken by the Office of the Register in support of the 2013 Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement of the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC). Fair use is a longstanding and vital aspect of American copyright law. The goal of the Index is to make the principles and application of fair use more accessible and understandable to the public by presenting a searchable database of court opinions, including by category and type of use (e.g., music, internet/digitization, parody).
The Fair Use Index tracks a variety of judicial decisions to help both lawyers and non-lawyers better understand the types of uses courts have previously determined to be fair—or not fair. The Fair Use Index is designed to be user-friendly. We hope you find the Fair Use Index a helpful resource. Attribution 2.0 Generic — CC BY 2.0.