![]() ![]() Maybe you personally aren’t making money off of sharing someone else’s image and not crediting it. So, what’s the big deal? What’s wrong with not crediting the actual source? The number one reason is it prevents image theft– someone making money off of someone else’s copyrighted work. This happens often enough that crediting Pinterest as an image source has been seen as common-practice. ![]() However, if your account is public, once that image is shared by another person it can get re-shared and spread all around the internet with the source being unknown. How do un-credited pictures get on Pinterest in the first place? Pinterest does have the option where you can upload a photo you have saved on your phone or computer to save to a board, and doesn’t require you to cite a source. Maybe ask instead, “Did you get the idea from a blog or website?” It’s a bit more accurate and it gives the person a chance to share more information. I think most people probably know this, but it is just full of images from OTHER websites or blogs. I’ve heard people say, “Oh did you get that idea from Pinterest?” This always makes me smile because NONE of the ideas you see on Pinterest were created by the website, Pinterest. Pinterest is not an image source.The people who created Pinterest wanted it to basically be a catalog of ideas for you to save so you can look at them/do them/refer back to them later. Or ANYwhere that is offering pretty pictures as inspiration. It just means that most people haven’t learned how easy it is to find who designed the gorgeous bathroom they saw on Pinterest! Or on some design blog. Let me start by saying that there is a lack of proper credit citation from bloggers, interior designers, IGers, and average internet users. (2) HOW easy it is to find the source for an image you may have found and ![]() (1) WHY it is important to stop citing Pinterest as a source Today I’m going to share with you something that may surprise you. ![]()
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