Pinterest - For those who do not know what it is...
It's a fun and interesting way to save links to items, recipes and ideas found on the internet. On your Pinterest account you create boards, which are categories, and you pin links to these. Links of interest to you that you pin. Pinterest! As I said, you pin these links to your pinterest spot on your wall boards, this is called pinning. It's another type of social media as well and you can share your pins with others and vice versa. Some people really like using it, and some say they spend too much time there. It can be addictive! I do enjoy using it also, although I find that all the food I see there always makes me hungry!
Recently I have been seeing posts and info stating that some people were deleting all their pins, and or their pinterst account due to legal reasons, and or copyright laws. There were pins showing up notifying people to look more closely at the photos they pin. That pinning them could be illegal, because someone owns that photo, and there might be a copyright on it. It seems that some people just re-pin something from someone else and it may just be a photo someone copied from somewhere, and there is no link to it other than to the person who pinned it. Pinterst is supposed to be a link to something, as in a website for a business, or a product, recipes, or a blog, etc.
You can usually find the original source for most photos by doing a search. So this is where I suppose the legal issues come from. I recommend that you check to see if there is a link to the pin, that it is legit, is from the original source, or pin from sites that have a 'pin it' link on them. I am not a lawyer nor do I claim to be! But, I did do a little research on this matter and I found some info that is informative and helpful to make up my mind on this subject, and what actions to consider. There are a couple links below. I hope this helps you too! Pay attention and be aware, and be careful out there!
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Very Pinteresting...
~Tammy~
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