Moneyweb bericht: "While the perks are wonderful for the majority of Pinterest users, many artists are suffering as a result. The traditional realm of copyright is being tested in a world where liking, retweeting, and pinning have become part of everyday life. Pinterest has made it easy for users to collect images and inspiration for everything from home décor to planning weddings. Pinterest has also created a Pin It button for installation on to the Google Chrome browser so that a user can pin an interesting online article to his/her Pinterest board without opening the Pinterest homepage. While the perks are wonderful for the majority of Pinterest users, many artists are suffering as a result.
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Pinterest not only provides its users with the option to save a pin on to a pin board but also to embed or download an image directly from Pinterest for the user’s own use. Pinterest is therefore able to provide access to an image and facilitate its distribution as part of its service resulting in many unlicensed images being exploited for commercial gain throughout the world without royalties being paid to the copyright owner."
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