Think Before You Pin: Rising Concern Over Pinterest’s Copyright Scruples

Are you on Pinterest? What do you pin? Probably mostly images of pretty things that you like from across the web, right? I mean, that’s what Pinterest is for, isn’t it? Well in theory, yes. But what if I told you that when you pin something, Pinterest uploads a full-resolution copy of it to their own site and that you are solely responsible for all of the implications that go along with that?

Are you on Pinterest?  What do you pin?  Probably mostly images of pretty things that you like from across the web, right?  I mean, that’s what Pinterest is for, isn’t it?  Well in theory, yes.  But what if I told you that when you pin something, Pinterest uploads a full-resolution copy of it to their own site and that you are solely responsible for all of the implications that go along with that?

You may think that photographers and other creators across the web would be glad to have you pin their stuff. 

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