Amy the Coffee Lovin' Mom said she noticed the image appearing on Facebook and then on Pinterest, but not linked back to me. For the record I don't really mind my images getting around on social networks (as long as it's not generating revenue without my permission, cuz that would be very UNcool). But even though I had Pinned the drawing myself, there were tons of re-Pins from another source.
Pinterest makes it easy to link back so it seemed worthwhile chasing it down. Amy and I waded through thousands of coffee related images (I want a coffee so bad right now) and she managed to follow the trail back to this Pin 'uploaded by user'.
Why indeed...? It's possible she saw the image somewhere else on the net (maybe Facebook?) and downloaded it. I like to give folks the benefit of the doubt. So I left her a note asking her to link back to the COFFEE Conundrum. Hopefully she will!
Do you Pinch when you Pin?
I'm glad I can recognize your drawings from a mile away - you definitely deserve the credit. In further looking at this person's pins, there were alot that had bogus links to them too so better for it to go nowhere than to someone else's site at least..
ReplyDeleteBogus links? I absolutely hate finding something I like and then not being able to find where it came from. Grrrrrr!
DeleteIf you don't have ownership rights to the image, you shouldn't be uploading it. It's so easy to pin an image from the web and credit the original source, especially if you have the Pin It toolbar button; why take the extra time to download the image and then upload it as your own? Hopefully you get the issue resolved soon, JC :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Zoe. I can imagine people image-searching the web for things related to coffee, but it seems like such a waste of time to download and then re-upload. Unless they're creating 'albums' on various platforms.
DeleteI always do my level best to track images back to the originator, even if I'm only repinning.
ReplyDeleteMe too.
DeleteHow about incorporating your .com domain into the corner of any pix you post?! not so aesthetic but at least people can find you that way. i think it's the new way artists need to sign their work. www.rembrandt.com
ReplyDeleteI'm glad u said you dont mind people pinning you because i have done a few times, but always linked you back! phew!!
ReplyDeleteContact the people at Pinterest and report this person. If she hasn't credited your work or give you a link back to your site then this is stealing. Don't let it slide. I've taken the attitude that it doesn't matter and the consequence is that my environmental writing is on thousands of website, ripped off and I've received no compensation despite my hours of work.
ReplyDeleteHere's a well written explanation of Pinterest's copyright issues. It's messy to say the least. http://directmatchmedia.com/pinterest-copyright.php
ReplyDeleteand if you don't read that post all the way to the update at the end, read this: http://ddkportraits.com/2012/02/my-date-with-ben-silbermann-following-up-and-drying-my-tears/
You might want to get a cup of coffee first ;)
oh, here's the original blog post by DDK in case you need the whole story http://ddkportraits.com/2012/02/why-i-tearfully-deleted-my-pinterest-inspiration-boards/
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