Re: Selling Stock Photography Re: Acclaim/Pinterest

5:02 PM |

You have to assume that anything posted and accessible through the Internet can be copies. So I try not to post an image that is larger than 950px on the long edge. It doesn't do much to prevent theft but it limits it usefulness as a printable image. You can also crank down the quality to 7 or 8. I don't even send family members the full size to reduce the chances of a file getting in to the wild.

On Aug 13, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Dale <dale.arnold@comcast.net> wrote:

I'm relatively new to photography (30 years interrupted by about 15 years), but I've been in computers a long time. All you need to do to steal an image from Pinterest is right click on the image and select "Save Image As . . ." Most browsers have this capability and once you've downloaded it, you can put it anywhere you like with no credit to anyone you don't want to give credit to.

You can even claim it as your own if you'd like.

I have a Pinterest account and have validated that you CAN do what I just described.

I'm sure Pinterest doesn't encourage piracy, but it doesn't do much to prevent it.

Dale

"Good Enough" is the enemy of "Excellence"
However, "Overkill" is the enemy of "Productivity" .

From: "Avril Jones" <aj@superblock.co.uk>
To: "selling stock photography" <selling_stock_photography@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 1:47:27 PM
Subject: Selling Stock Photography Re: Acclaim/Pinterest

Angie, I totally understand your concerns about what happens to your images. However, although I've seen many and varied 'warnings' that Pinterest is a terrible site that encourages copyright infringement etc, a good look at it suggests otherwise.

If you have a Pinterest account and install the button on your browser toolbar, whenever you see something you like on any site, anywhere, you can click the button to 'Pin it' and choose the element of the page that you want to feature. Pinterest then posts it on your chosen subject board (you create your own categories) as a link back to the original page. That way the author of the image is effectively credited and more attention is attracted to their work by Pinterest members pinning and sharing it. Unless, of course, someone has already stolen your picture the Pinterest member has found it posted where it shouldn't have been. That would not be Pinterest's fault.

I would suggest you go and have a browse for yourself and see what I mean. You may still not wish to allow people to use that site to praise and promote your work and, if that's the case, I think there might be a tool you can use on your own website that lets Pinterest know you don't want any of your content pinned. Not absolutely sure about that last bit, but I've certainly clicked the Pin It button to find that certain images/content on a site cannot be pinned.

I don't think I'd mind people pinning my work, unless they somehow got access to a photo that wasn't meant to be publicly viewable.

Hope that helps.

Avril