Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-03-07 Thread P. J. Alling
You could waste all day looking at the related videos and then wonder why. On 2/29/2012 5:31 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: And then some. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxYVBNhJ3pc On 2/29/2012 4:23 PM, David Parsons wrote: Porn. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWEjvCRPrCo On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-03-07 Thread steve harley
on 2/29/12 1:56 PMBob W 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

Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Igor Roshchin
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

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks for that, Igor. There's a rising chorus of complaints about Pinterest now. Wonder if it'll survive them? On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Hello! I thought some PDMLers might be interested reading this story about copyright related issues at

RE: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Bob W
: 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

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W p...@web-options.com 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: A lot of sites have their .htaccess file set up to prevent hotlinking this way. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread David Parsons
: 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

RE: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Bob W
I don't really understand why people copy other people's pictures onto their own servers when they could link to them perfectly legally: A lot of sites have their .htaccess file set up to prevent hotlinking this way. I can't understand that either - what's the internet for if not that?

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread David Parsons
Porn. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWEjvCRPrCo On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com 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: A lot of sites have their .htaccess

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Walt Gilbert
And then some. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxYVBNhJ3pc On 2/29/2012 4:23 PM, David Parsons wrote: Porn. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWEjvCRPrCo On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Bob Wp...@web-options.com wrote: I don't really understand why people copy other people's pictures onto

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Mark Roberts
David Parsons wrote: 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. My thinking exactly: Just link to the page where

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com 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: A lot of sites have their .htaccess file set up to prevent hotlinking this way.

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread David Parsons
The same thing can happen simply by linking to the site. It the risk you run by making your content available to the entire planet. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I don't really

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Bruce Walker
If a bazillion users became interested in reading your articles that's one thing. You can turn pro, upgrade your hosting package and be happy. But articles on a busy site that includes a hotlinked *image* from yours only causes your own bandwidth to be consumed with no returns to you. Why should

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread David Parsons
Pinterest isn't hotlinking. It is saving a copy of the picture on their CDN and linking back to the original source. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:36 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: If a bazillion users became interested in reading your articles that's one thing. You can turn pro,

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Bob Sullivan
I believe our own Mark Cassino had linking problems. He had a great collection of insect macros on line (still does), and all of a sudden visitors from asia were overwhelming his bandwidth. My concern about hot-linking is porn. All the abused owner needs to do is change his picture. Of course,

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Bruce Walker
I know. I was answering the why don't Pinterest just hotlink question, followed by the what's wrong with hotlinking anyway? question. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:56 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: Pinterest isn't hotlinking.  It is saving a copy of the picture on their CDN and

Re: Photography-related legalese and pinterest/copyright issue

2012-02-29 Thread Mark C
On 2/29/2012 7:59 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: I believe our own Mark Cassino had linking problems. He had a great collection of insect macros on line (still does), and all of a sudden visitors from asia were overwhelming his bandwidth. Yeah - a site in South Korea put together these really