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How Pinterest Uses Your Content Without Violating Copyright Laws
Feb 1st
Pinterest, the increasingly popular pinboarding social network, is able to present a visually arresting interface in large part by using copyrighted images pinned by users.
“It’s a huge concern for creative bloggers,” said Amy Anderson, who blogs on the arts and crafts site Crafter Minds. “I don’t think Pinterest does anything to help protect copyright besides removing content when people ask.”
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Pinterest is able to avoid violating U.S. copyright laws thanks to a provision in the Internet Service Providers Act, which gives immunity to sites that publish information provided by others, according to Aaron Messing, an associate with OlenderFeldman LLP in New Jersey. As long as Pinterest continues to comply with a provision of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act that requires it to remove content when asked by the copyright owner, users are free to continue pinning any images they find on the Internet.
Pinterest did not respond to a request for comment, but its Web site has instructions for requesting the removal of copyrighted content.
“If they were manually showcasing content and/or putting this content up themselves, they would definitely be in violation and break their protections,” Get.com co-founder Steven Fruchter said in an email. “Since their users are the ones ‘pinning’ content, which is then downloaded and served via Pinterest’s servers, they are considered a user-generated site, which only needs to take down content after they receive a take down notice by the copyright holder.”
Among many Pinterest users, as well as several artists who have had work pinned on the site, a code for giving proper credit is developing. Artist Laura C. George said Pinterest has no way of knowing if links tied to images link back to the original artists’ Web site, but so far Pinterest users have been better about giving credit than Tumblr.
“That being said, it’s still awful that I might discover a new painter on Pinterest and not be able to find them. To not know their name or have their website,” she said. “It’s truly an awful situation…it seems impossible to enforce this type of rule on such a huge site with thousands of members and billions of pins. They would have to check the link to every ‘original’ pin and research to make sure it was the original. That’s insane.”
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Tech Savvy U.S. Coast Guard Uses Social Media to Protect Us
Jan 13th
I am often shocked that many are not aware that the Coast Guard is part of our Armed Forces. Our families wouldn’t be safe without them. I have to say that I am very impressed by the whys and the hows the Coast Guard has set in place in regards to their social media efforts. [...]
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Mold Remediation Service in NYC Uses SEO Strategy to Help More New Yorkers – PR.com (press release)
Jan 7th
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Mold Remediation Service in NYC Uses SEO Strategy to Help More New Yorkers
PR.com (press release) As a result of this search engine optimization (SEO) initiative, local residents and business owners looking for mold remediation companies or black mold removal will be able to save time and reduce the frustration of an unproductive Internet search … |
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Mold Remediation Service in NYC Uses SEO Strategy to Help More New Yorkers – openPR (press release)
Jan 6th
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Mold Remediation Service in NYC Uses SEO Strategy to Help More New Yorkers
openPR (press release) As a result of this search engine optimization (SEO) initiative, local residents and business owners looking for mold remediation companies or black mold removal will be able to save time and reduce the frustration of an unproductive Internet search … |
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Appliance Repair Service in Beverly, MA, Area Uses SEO Firm to Reach More … – openPR (press release)
Jan 6th
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Appliance Repair Service in Beverly, MA, Area Uses SEO Firm to Reach More …
openPR (press release) Matt Gallo, a spokesman for Prospect Genius, reports that these results are achieved through an integrated approach to search engine optimization (SEO). "By using a variety of complementary SEO techniques," he explains, "A+ Plus Appliance Service … Appliance Repair Company in Lancaster, PA, Joins SEO Pros to Help Local … |
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How Google+ Uses SEO to Steal Search from Facebook and Twitter – SEOmoz (blog)
Jan 4th
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How Google+ Uses SEO to Steal Search from Facebook and Twitter
SEOmoz (blog) Google wins by employing really smart Search Engine Optimization techniques – the same SEO practices available to any online business. For Facebook especially, this is a sensitive issue. Facebook actively prevents Google from crawling most of its … Using Social Buttons to Enhance Search Engine Optimization Atop the Litany of Google Plus Complaints: It's 'Breaking Search' You're Not on Google+? Big Mistake. |
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Mobile Electronics Business in Denver, CO, Uses SEO Firm to Promote Safety Devices – PR.com (press release)
Dec 16th
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Mobile Electronics Business in Denver, CO, Uses SEO Firm to Promote Safety Devices
PR.com (press release) A Denver, Colorado, mobile electronics company, Automotive Addictions, has teamed up with an online local advertising firm. Denver, CO, December 16, 2011 –(PR.com)– A Denver, Colorado, mobile electronics company, Automotive Addictions, has teamed up … |
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Google Drops Tele Atlas & Uses Their Own Maps Data For UK Maps
Dec 9th
Google announced on the Google Maps blog that they are now powering their own map data in the UK, Germany, Finland and Sweden. Google maps data in the U.S. and many other countries is powered by Google’s own data. But this week, Google dropped their third-party map data provider, Tele Atlas,…
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Breakdown of Who Uses Google+ [INFOGRAPHIC]
Dec 8th
Flowtown released an infographic called Who’s Using Google+ . For me the amount of inactive users is very interesting because I can relate to it. I find Google+ very tedious. It is not fast and simple for me. I am a Twitter addict and I have that down to a science with apps on computers [...]
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Appliance Parts Store in East Brunswick, NJ, Uses SEO Firm to Reach Out to … – PR.com (press release)
Dec 3rd
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Appliance Parts Store in East Brunswick, NJ, Uses SEO Firm to Reach Out to …
PR.com (press release) By arranging to have this unique SEO program implemented, Appliance Parts America is helping area homeowners and appliance repair companies locate information about their vast inventory much faster and easier. Steven Jacobs, owner of Appliance Parts … |
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