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raincoaster on "A way of stopping people from 'pinning' our photos to Pinterest?"

raincoaster — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:17:28 +0000

Could some staffer please block the spammer? Thanks http://en.forums.wordpress.com/profile/vebitti

raincoaster on "How can I report a blog for copyright infringement?"

raincoaster — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:33:33 +0000

You're welcome and thanks. Good luck!

alilunhinged on "How can I report a blog for copyright infringement?"

alilunhinged — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:14:02 +0000

Great article! Thanks so much for the quick reply!

raincoaster on "How can I report a blog for copyright infringement?"

raincoaster — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:47:32 +0000

The automated alert you're getting is correct: that blog isn't hosted at WordPress.com so WordPress.com staff can't do anything about it.

Your friend, however, can do this:

http://manolofood.com/whine-journalism-and-how-to-bring-the-splashback/

alilunhinged on "How can I report a blog for copyright infringement?"

alilunhinged — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:55:27 +0000

http://smellslikechlorine.com/2012/09/13/marino-bambinos/ is copying posts and keywords from a friends blog. It is showing up on the first page of search results for her blog and she is not sure how to have it reported and removed. Please help! The original blog is marinobambinos.com. I tried the report spam link (http://en.wordpress.com/report-spam/) for WordPress but I keep getting "You've reached complaints for the free blogs hosted at WordPress.com. The site you've indicated is not running on WordPress.com."

timethief on "A way of stopping people from 'pinning' our photos to Pinterest?"

timethief — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:27:46 +0000

Sorry, Pinterest Users: Websites Can Now Block Pinning [VIDEO]
http://mashable.com/2012/02/20/websites-block-pinterest/

"Pinterest is moving towards correcting these flaws. Pinterest is currently following the Digital Millenmium Copyright Act, and will remove any image that someone claims is violating copyright laws. "

timethief on "A way of stopping people from 'pinning' our photos to Pinterest?"

timethief — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:19:31 +0000

I actually proposed this previously ages ago just after the publication I first linked to above from Pinterest. I just don't have the time to locate the thread now.

Have you watermarked your images? It may be a deterrent to those who may wish to pin them. http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2007/10/19/watermark-your-blog-images/

postcardsfromwildwood on "A way of stopping people from 'pinning' our photos to Pinterest?"

postcardsfromwildwood — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:16:21 +0000

@timethief - thanks. Yes, I hope it will be considered seriously as a problem by WordPress staff, and that a way round this can be found that doesn't jeopardise the platform but nevertheless protects us.

timethief on "A way of stopping people from 'pinning' our photos to Pinterest?"

timethief — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:14:18 +0000

Yikes! I just realized this thread is already in the Ideas Forum ... DUH.

timethief on "A way of stopping people from 'pinning' our photos to Pinterest?"

timethief — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 21:12:52 +0000

They tell me they don't have time to deal with queries like mine! This is why I'm turning to WordPress and its users for help. Some people will be happy to have their work pinned and that's great. But for those of us who aren't, we need a way of protecting our work.

There are no solutions to prevent this that do not require script that must be entered into metadata. We free hosted WordPress.com bloggers do not have metadata access as this is a multi-user blogging platform. Moreover, we cannot install any script anywhere without having the software strip it out. I have tagged this thread so it will be moved to the Ideas Forum where we make suggestions to Staff re: features, etc.

postcardsfromwildwood on "A way of stopping people from 'pinning' our photos to Pinterest?"

postcardsfromwildwood — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:46:14 +0000

@virtuosewadventures - Thanks.
@timethief - Thank you for the links. Yes, I know about the code, and that we can't use it, and in fact I have over the last two days deleted my boards on Pinterest, having read the Terms and Conditions and noted exactly the same worrying issues as Kirsten. What's more, I've sent 3 emails to Pinterest to ask them help to me to prevent pinning from my blog. They tell me they don't have time to deal with queries like mine! This is why I'm turning to WordPress and its users for help. Some people will be happy to have their work pinned and that's great. But for those of us who aren't, we need a way of protecting our work.

timethief on "A way of stopping people from 'pinning' our photos to Pinterest?"

timethief — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:50:17 +0000

timethief on "A way of stopping people from 'pinning' our photos to Pinterest?"

timethief — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:47:50 +0000

Hi there,
There is a means of blocking, but we cannot use the required code on free hosted WordPress.com blogs. http://blog.pinterest.com/post/17949261591/growing-up

virtuosewadventures on "A way of stopping people from 'pinning' our photos to Pinterest?"

virtuosewadventures — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:38:53 +0000

Agreed. The loss of copyright is one that will have serious implications for many creative people, and the lack of understanding of the topic among the general public means that many people do this quite innocently. Blog owners need to be able to fill the void left by that ignorance.

postcardsfromwildwood on "A way of stopping people from 'pinning' our photos to Pinterest?"

postcardsfromwildwood — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 11:41:36 +0000

@all4ballet - I agree, although I was focusing on Pinterest for this forum topic (specifically because of the impact on our copyright as stated in their Terms and Conditions) it would be good also to have a way of preventing 'click copying'. I have seen this on other blogs but I know that it's not currently possible on WordPress.

all4ballet on "A way of stopping people from 'pinning' our photos to Pinterest?"

all4ballet — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 11:28:49 +0000

I agree, I would like WordPress to come up with a way we can stop our photos being 'pinned' or 'click-copied' from our blog posts.

postcardsfromwildwood on "A way of stopping people from 'pinning' our photos to Pinterest?"

postcardsfromwildwood — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 10:31:20 +0000

Reading the Terms of Service of Pinterest, I found this:
'If you post your content on Pinterest, it still belongs to you but we can show it to people and others can re-pin it. [...] You grant Pinterest and its users a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide license to use, store, display, reproduce, re-pin, modify, create derivative works, perform, and distribute your User Content on Pinterest'
The problem is that most people don't 'pin' their own stuff, they post someone else's. Pinterest go on to say:
'Pinterest respects the rights of third party creators and content owners, and expects you to do the same. You therefore agree not to post any User Content that violates any law or infringes the rights of any third party.'
What this means is that if someone posts my images on Pinterest they are giving away rights to my photos that are not theirs to give, and that I will not be able to get back. And Pinterest will assume I have given my permission. And all this despite a clear copyright notice on my blog prohibiting use of my images.
At present WordPress don't have a means of preventing 'pinning', and the code provided by Pinterest doesn't work on WordPress blogs. Please join me in asking WordPress to come up with something that those of us who don't want to be 'pinned' can use.
Thanks to everyone. And thanks to WordPress - this is a great service!

1tess on "Reporting abuse and copyright violation"

1tess — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:08:08 +0000

Here is info about copyright infringement:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/prevent-content-theft/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/content-theft-what-to-do/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmca

auxclass on "Reporting abuse and copyright violation"

auxclass — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:20:58 +0000

This is an easy first step

http://en.wordpress.com/report-spam/

Some more info: http://en.support.wordpress.com/report-blogs/

bwilm on "Reporting abuse and copyright violation"

bwilm — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:54:36 +0000

I want report a copyright infringement on this blog. There is no mail address available to contact the user.
My photo is used without permission and I want it to be deleted. Thanks for your help !
http://tatertots.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/via-brbel/#respond

the original is here on my flickr stream:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/barb210/4395573716/in/photostream

bryanvillarin on "Need to delete old blog asap! - Please help!"

bryanvillarin — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:12:22 +0000

Hi magpiemargot,

How did that person contact you?

Did you receive a new comment email notification? If so, can you try resetting the password linked to the email address where you received the notification?

raincoaster on "Need to delete old blog asap! - Please help!"

raincoaster — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 08:58:13 +0000

I have flagged this for staff. If you tell them which image it is in the media library (give us a direct link to the post with the image or the image itself) they can delete it for you.

magpiemargot on "Need to delete old blog asap! - Please help!"

magpiemargot — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 08:31:08 +0000

Hi there,

I really need to delete a blog, not registered with this account but with another which I have totally forgotten the log in details to.

the url is: http://www.meumenino.wordpress.com

I created this blog as a research journal for an essay I was writing whilst studying and stopped using it after I completed the project. Now someone has contacted me saying that there are copyright infringements within the blog (I used an image found on google without the owner's permission) and I need to delete the post and/or entire blog.

I have no idea what my log in was and I can't seem to find it affiliated with any of my email addresses, I must have used my university email address to register which has since been deleted. I am worried that I will get in to trouble if I cannot remove the post!

Please can you advise me!! I need to solve this ASAP.

Thanks.

dianarakeren on "Am I allowed to use YouTube videos, movie posters and videogames screenshots?"

dianarakeren — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:23:43 +0000

Hmm. I'm not really sure if we have specific laws regulating the internet. -.-

I should have asked about "The Ethics of Blogging" instead. :'))

notawoodpecker on "Am I allowed to use YouTube videos, movie posters and videogames screenshots?"

notawoodpecker — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:53:46 +0000

To be honest, these are probably questions for a lawyer familiar with the laws of your country.

dianarakeren on "Am I allowed to use YouTube videos, movie posters and videogames screenshots?"

dianarakeren — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:06:32 +0000

Hi.

I am Dian Ara, a blogger from Indonesia. On my blog (dianaraquest.wordpress.com) I share book reviews, movie reviews, videogames reviews as well as personal journals. I am a noob about internet law, especially copyright law. Recently I stumbled upon Creative Commons. I was captivated by the idea of free sharing culture so I decided to put an Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) license on my blog. It means (please CMIIW) everyone is allowed to share, to remix, and to use my blog posts for both personal and commercial, under 2 conditions: They have to attribute to me, and if they alter, transform, or build upon the posts, they must have the same license as mine.

This led to another striking question: What if those videogames screenshots, movie posters, book covers and trailers (YouTube videos) that I have been using for my reviews are all copyright infringement? They are not mine, and they are not licensed the same as my license, amirite? :|

I have been spending this week to browse through my older posts. Editing them one by one, deleting images and pictures I had taken from random search result on Google Images. I have replaced some with CC BY-SA 3.0-licensed pictures from Flickr. My effort is still halfway through, and I am concerned about these posts:
<h2>A Must Watch: Shirokuma Cafe</h2>
On that post I embedded some fan-made YouTube videos, with scenes home-recorded from the anime. Am I allowed to embed such non-official videos?
<h2>Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I</h2>
I used the movie poster as the post's image, but I never asked permission from Warner Bros. (the movie's publisher). Am I allowed to do so?
<h2>Co-Op Gaming Done Right, Resident Evil 5 Changed My Life</h2>
On this post I use screenshots taken directly from the game. They are not screenshots officially released by Capcom, and I definitely did not ask for their permission. Am I allowed to do so?

I googled about copyright law and fair use, but frankly, those legal wordings confused me. If you don't mind explaining this to me, thank you very much. And have a fun day. :)
Blog url: http://dianaraquest.wordpress.com/

stanton5 on "Reporting abuse and copyright violation"

stanton5 — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 03:52:43 +0000

I wish to report that the owner of "Thankyouforyourthyme.wordpress.com" is using one of my pictures without my permission in order to insult me

http://thankyouforyourthyme.wordpress.com/2010/10/06/placoderp/#comment-589
The original picture is here
http://avancna.deviantart.com/art/Galeaspida-35807161
I tried to contact the blog's owner, but he refuses to respond.
Is it possible if I can ask a site administrator to remove the offending blog article?
Blog url: http://thelostmonograph.wordpress.com/

raincoaster on "Is posting of Japanese Manga Scanlations allowed in wordpress?"

raincoaster — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 07:21:00 +0000

No, it's not. They just haven't received a DMCA yet, it would seem. You could report him if you wanted.

elatedpuppy on "Is posting of Japanese Manga Scanlations allowed in wordpress?"

elatedpuppy — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 06:34:37 +0000

http://cyberakumamechgouki.wordpress.com/2011/11/23/skip-beat-183-scanlations/#comments

Since Blogspot and Livejournal have already suspended his entries containing the scanlations, with Blogspot having been directly given a DMCA notice instead of the blogger to take down the entries, I was wondering if wordpress is a bit more linnient on these matters since this is a clear issue of copyright infringement.

timethief on "Copyright Infringement"

timethief — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:33:32 +0000

@mholberg
Refer to this wordpress/automattic document, http://automattic.com/dmca/ ,and then contact support directly about this with all the details: http://support.wordpress.com/contact/