That's my thought. Why upload a picture directly when you could link back to the page where it live and get more info. I do that for the food items that I pin. That way I can bookmark the recipes and see the full details.
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 3:56 PM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't really understand why people copy other people's pictures onto their > own servers when they could link to them perfectly legally: > > <img src="http://www.web-options.com/Snaps/content/images/large/488.jpg" > alt="Awesome snap by great genius Walkden" height="600" width="400" /> > > I suppose the only risk is the host changes it for porn or something, or > deletes it, but that's just the risk of any link on the internet. > > B > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Igor Roshchin >> Sent: 29 February 2012 17:25 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue >> >> >> Hello! >> >> I thought some PDMLers might be interested reading this story about >> copyright related issues at Pinterest: >> http://www.businessinsider.com/pinterest-copyright-issues-lawyer-2012-2 >> http://ddkportraits.com/2012/02/why-i-tearfully-deleted-my-pinterest- >> inspiration-boards/ >> >> Igor >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

