pinterest p*** takers or what

[the black fox]

just been having a browse through my pixsy matches in case of any new infringers .. one thing that was really obvious was the amount of images (all copyrighted ) that are being shared around on Pinterest , there are literally hundreds of my pictures being shared around with no credits and no payments . it seems that nothing can be recovered from these either and to send take down requests to every photo would be to time consuming .. and I'm just one photographer multiply that by even the members of this small forum and its horrifying to think about . . I can't even figure where they are making any money from this .or why there doing it . ah well rant of the day over

 

[Jelster]

I have noticed the same. I have one particular shot, of a Tree Kangaroo that I took a number of years ago while in Australia. It has gone bananas on Pinterest, and it's bloody annoying.....

 

[f/1.2]

just been having a browse through my pixsy matches in case of any new infringers .. one thing that was really obvious was the amount of images (all copyrighted ) that are being shared around on Pinterest , there are literally hundreds of my pictures being shared around with no credits and no payments . it seems that nothing can be recovered from these either and to send take down requests to every photo would be to time consuming .. and I'm just one photographer multiply that by even the members of this small forum and its horrifying to think about . . I can't even figure where they are making any money from this .or why there doing it . ah well rant of the day over

Pinterest is quite useful to be honest generates a lot of traffic to my website. When other people pin images on my site that helps a lot.

Have never heard of someone having an issue with Pinterest before as it’s an excellent way to promote a photography business.

 

[Box Brownie]

One of mine has come up on Pixsy but on one of those sharing sites (not Pinterest)

It was 'pinned' by someone a few years back that turned it monochrome (i.e. made a derivative work out of it) and as I recall was attributed.....but on this other site is not attributed

Is it worth sending a Take Down Notice???

PS it is an image of a Peruvian Owl.

 

[Major Eazy]

just been having a browse through my pixsy matches in case of any new infringers .. one thing that was really obvious was the amount of images (all copyrighted ) that are being shared around on Pinterest , there are literally hundreds of my pictures being shared around with no credits and no payments . it seems that nothing can be recovered from these either and to send take down requests to every photo would be to time consuming .. and I'm just one photographer multiply that by even the members of this small forum and its horrifying to think about . . I can't even figure where they are making any money from this .or why there doing it . ah well rant of the day over

Image a time before computers, websites, cloud services, and Pinterest. Image when you would have film cameras, Polaroid, and books. Image you put up your photographs in an art gallery.

Someone went to the art gallery and saw your photo on display and fall in love with your photo. Would be stupid for the person to keep coming back to the gallery every few days just to look at your photo again. Also the person could talk to his/her friends about this photo he/she likes so much, but they may not be able to correctly image the photo. Of course, the person could say "Come with me to the gallery and I'll show you." but would his/her friends really have to go?

In most cases, the person would just have to buy a printed copy (poster, postcard, gallery guide booklet, a book you published), so that he/she could always enjoy looking at your photo again and again, and it is a lot easier to show to friends than inviting them to the gallery. Of course, some would just stick a copy of the image into a scrapbook, either glue the postcard in it, or actually cut and paste the image out of the book and into the scrapbook. On the other hand, why not dare to be bold and take a Polaroid photo of your displayed artwork, so they can stick it in the scrapbook.

It's all about memories. Reminding ourselves we saw it and like it.

Pinterest and the likes are somewhat similar. You see an image on the webstie, and you like it so much that you just pin it. That way, you could always look at the images you like, and also show off to your friends what you like.

But of course, as you point out, there is no way of knowing who is just doing that purely out of liking the images, just want an online equivalent of a scrapbook and who is ripping you off by selling your images. You can't blame the innocent ones for what the villain ones are doing.

Hope you tear the villains to pieces and make them pay, but hope you consider being pleased that the innocent ones enjoy your images so much that they just pin them. Not their fault they didn't think to link it to you, or credit it to you.

 

[f/1.2]

Image a time before computers, websites, cloud services, and Pinterest. Image when you would have film cameras, Polaroid, and books. Image you put up your photographs in an art gallery.

Someone went to the art gallery and saw your photo on display and fall in love with your photo. Would be stupid for the person to keep coming back to the gallery every few days just to look at your photo again. Also the person could talk to his/her friends about this photo he/she likes so much, but they may not be able to correctly image the photo. Of course, the person could say "Come with me to the gallery and I'll show you." but would his/her friends really have to go?

In most cases, the person would just have to buy a printed copy (poster, postcard, gallery guide booklet, a book you published), so that he/she could always enjoy looking at your photo again and again, and it is a lot easier to show to friends than inviting them to the gallery. Of course, some would just stick a copy of the image into a scrapbook, either glue the postcard in it, or actually cut and paste the image out of the book and into the scrapbook. On the other hand, why not dare to be bold and take a Polaroid photo of your displayed artwork, so they can stick it in the scrapbook.

It's all about memories. Reminding ourselves we saw it and like it.

Pinterest and the likes are somewhat similar. You see an image on the webstie, and you like it so much that you just pin it. That way, you could always look at the images you like, and also show off to your friends what you like.

But of course, as you point out, there is no way of knowing who is just doing that purely out of liking the images, just want an online equivalent of a scrapbook and who is ripping you off by selling your images. You can't blame the innocent ones for what the villain ones are doing.

Hope you tear the villains to pieces and make them pay, but hope you consider being pleased that the innocent ones enjoy your images so much that they just pin them. Not their fault they didn't think to link it to you, or credit it to you.

If they pin an image it automatically links back to where it was pinned from.

 

[Major Eazy]

If they pin an image it automatically links back to where it was pinned from.

Yes, but in most cases, sometimes someone would download an image because they want to use it as a background wallpaper on their screen. They just happened to like it so much, that they decided to pin it on Pinterest without links to the original photographer. Also although you are correct, when you pin something, it does automatically link back to where it came from, do you realise that you could just edit the link?

Plus, there is always some smeghead who ripped off some images and used them on their own website, without crediting the original photographer. But some innocent people see it, like it, pin it, and when this happens, it automatically link back to the ripped off copied photo on the smeghead's website, with no credits to the original photographer.

Thus, even the OP could still find his photos showing up on Pinterest without permissions and with no credits to his name.