I can't believe my box made out of a magazine was such a big controversy

2/27/2012 8:35:15 PM

yeah i mean they sell em at urban outfitters. or they did.

2/27/2012 8:48:50 PM

I saw a trash can like that made out of magazines at Bed, Bath, and Beyond.

2/27/2012 8:54:16 PM

Lol...I mean honestly it was just something to occupy my time...a lot's been on my mind lately and it gave me something to do that took my mind off things...I was totally in that mood all weekend to just hermit out...

the box I made will either find a use or sit around in my room for a couple of weeks till I go on a throw everything away mode that I go on twice a month and make the next round of toss it.

2/27/2012 8:56:46 PM

Well, I don't have a problem with it. I think crafty things are neato.

2/27/2012 8:58:56 PM

I don't get it either

my opinion is not the end of the world

and for the record I like the stuff I've seen in the stores made out of magazines....I've see it at TJ Maxx/Marshalls a lot (and urban)

2/27/2012 10:33:22 PM

Quote :

" “You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold Cold Brew Labs, its officers, directors, employees and agents, harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable legal and accounting fees, arising out of or in any way connected with (i) your access to or use of the Site, Application, Services or Site Content, (ii) your Member Content, or (iii) your violation of these Terms.” Basically, if a photographer sues you for pinning an image illegally on Pinterest, the user must not only pay for his or her lawyer, they must also pay for Pinterest’s lawyer. In addition, the defendant must pay all charges against him or herself, along with all of Pinterest’s charges. "

http://www.businessinsider.com/pinterest-copyright-issues-lawyer-2012-2

wtf is this shit?

[Edited on February 29, 2012 at 10:36 PM. Reason : link]

2/29/2012 10:30:17 PM

exculpatory agreement

2/29/2012 10:33:11 PM

just sign your life, i mean your name on the line

2/29/2012 11:51:11 PM

I doubt the majority of sites that people pin from would complain, especially sites that sell anything (including advertising). Pinterest has driven so much traffic to blogs and retailers that they would be silly to. Half the sites I pint stuff on have their own Pinterest accounts or have mentioned it on their blog or website or facebook Just be smart.

3/1/2012 7:46:19 AM

^^^^

In this day and age when people are "sue happy", you can get sued for pretty much anything. And it's a really gray area in the internet/copyright world.

And Pinterest has cleverly "covered their asses" so that if something like this happened, they will be absolved of any liability and that the user will take the brunt of the blame.

So, in other words...just be careful.

3/2/2012 1:52:50 PM

Diva has not been a cunt to me yet. *crossesfingers*

3/2/2012 2:02:08 PM

really?

I haven't?!?!?

3/2/2012 2:06:23 PM

That surprises me. Because I think even I have been pretty blunt with acraw on more than one occasion.

3/2/2012 2:09:26 PM

I don't consider bluntness as cuntness. I can do the same if necessary.

3/2/2012 2:13:46 PM

glad you can see the difference

I wish others could as well

3/2/2012 2:23:45 PM

http://www.pinterestyouaredrunk.com

3/5/2012 9:44:54 PM

OMG PINTEREST IPAD APP IS ON THE WAY!!!!

3/13/2012 8:14:20 PM

surprised they don't have one yet

3/13/2012 8:15:04 PM

Quote :

"Arkansas teen texts prank to police detective ROGERS, Ark. — A northwest Arkansas teenager thought it would be funny to text a random phone number saying she hid a body, but the joke backfired. Of all the local phone numbers she could have chosen, the 15-year-old Rogers girl picked one that belonged to a police detective. Police found the girl's address by tracing her cellphone number. The prank? To text: "I hid the body ... Now what?" to a random phone number. The teen said she got the idea for the prank from a posting on the website Pinterest. Police didn't find the prank funny and say it tied up some of the department's resources. The girl was released with a warning."

http://www.wral.com/news/strange/story/10855679/

3/14/2012 1:45:32 PM

This will have to be the next big tech stock.

3/14/2012 2:23:07 PM

It may implode on itself soon though if it does not correct glaring legal mistakes. It's not adequately protecting itself through the DMCA, and the site is trying to shift all responsibility to the users to indemnify in the event of a suit.

[Edited on March 14, 2012 at 2:25 PM. Reason : ]

3/14/2012 2:24:50 PM

It's not doing anything that other sites aren't already doing. Can't they just emulate the policies of Facebook/Myspace/whatever?

3/14/2012 2:27:02 PM

I have this one dress I pinned last fall from modcloth. I thought I'd go back and buy it one pay day but I never did. It's been repinned 96 times. I dont get it why though, the dress isn't even available on the website anymore to purchase

3/14/2012 2:28:25 PM

They should, but they aren't. For instance, under the DMCA, if you have offending material on your site, you are required to take it down. Pinterest terms state they will take whatever action Pinterest deems is appropriate. Then, if they get sued for violating the DMCA, they'll turn around and hold you responsible, even though they were the ones with notice.

On facebook, you can flag an item as a violation of copyright, and then facebook takes the item down.

Here's a good summation of the problems: http://www.dmcahandbook.com/2012/02/changes-needed-to-pinterests-dmca-policy/

3/14/2012 2:31:00 PM

ugh pinterest just pissed me off because a bunch of articles I posted have my email address in the links that everyone can see. You'd think they would have figured out how to change links that have backtracks

Delete Pin

Delete Pin

I'm sure there's a bunch of people who wont notice this.

3/14/2012 3:47:07 PM

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/symbiartic/2012/03/19/pinterests-terms-of-service-word-by-terrifying-word/

I should read tww's TOS now...

3/20/2012 6:23:56 PM

Pinterest has updated their TOS: http://blog.pinterest.com/post/19799177970/pinterest-updated-terms

Quote :

"Over the last few weeks, we’ve been working on an update to our Terms. When we first launched Pinterest, we used a standard set of Terms. We think that the updated Terms of Service, Acceptable Use Policy, and Privacy Policy are easier to understand and better reflect the direction our company is headed in the future. We’d encourage you to read these changes in their entirety, but we thought there were a few changes worth noting: Our original Terms stated that by posting content to Pinterest you grant Pinterest the right for us to sell your content. Selling content was never our intention and we removed this from our updated Terms. We updated our Acceptable Use Policy and we will not allow pins that explicitly encourage self-harm or self-abuse. We released simpler tools for anyone to report alleged copyright or trademark infringements. Finally, we added language that will pave the way for new features such as a Pinterest API and Private Pinboards. We think these changes are important and we encourage you to review the new documents here. These Terms will go into effect for all users on April 6, 2012. Like everything at Pinterest, these updates are a work in progress that we will continue to improve upon. We’re working hard to make Pinterest the best place for you to find inspiration from people who share your interests. We’ve gotten a lot of help from our community as we’ve crafted these Terms. Thanks! Ben & the Pinterest Team"

[Edited on March 23, 2012 at 7:16 PM. Reason : ]

3/23/2012 7:15:17 PM

I just pinned a Brooks running skort and just a minute later I get this comment from a stranger

Quote :

""This skirt expresses my frustration with fitness fashion. The largest size offered is a xl! Who needs comfortable workout clothes more than the 2x, 3x or LARGER woman?!?!!!""

I just want to respond with: "I don't know? Not me????"

should I?

3/27/2012 9:46:46 AM

Haha, yes.

3/27/2012 9:56:31 AM

haha

3/27/2012 9:57:07 AM

haha, done.

here's my board btw
http://pinterest.com/minkagrl01/run-wear/

3/27/2012 10:02:52 AM

So how does this work? My gf tried to sign up and it wanted a referral.

3/29/2012 6:42:09 PM

Gotta get an invite from someone. PM her email address & I'll send one

3/29/2012 6:43:30 PM

I've got pinners mad at me for a pin I posted 7 weeks ago. I follow all of the offbeat empire pages, and they had a blog about seed starter ideas versus using peat pots. I pinned it to remember for next season (as this one I just did seed in ground) to try to keep things cheap or even more green in some instances. The toilet paper rolls that the blog suggested apparently didn't work for two pinners and they are mad that I didn't TRY the method first BEFORE pinning it.

I guess I TOTALLY missed the point of pinterest being an IDEA board to try out at a later date. I told them to follow at their own risk.

4/27/2012 10:05:56 AM

hahaha

4/27/2012 10:10:21 AM

hahaha wow

4/27/2012 10:15:36 AM

I guess I'm gonna make my boards private now. I didn't mind having people I didn't know follow me b/c I felt like having a larger net to get ideas was a good thing. I've found some other great blogs of topics I'm interested in this way. But this is ridiculous.

4/27/2012 10:23:04 AM

I read ^ and was confused until I backed up and read ^^^^.

I leave mine public so I haven't looked into it, but is there a way to make certain aspects private or closed? It would be nice if you could separately control keeping your board public or totally private, versus keeping it public but not allowing comments (just following and repins), etc.

4/30/2012 1:57:51 PM

can you make pinterest boards private now? i know before you couldn't.

4/30/2012 2:08:50 PM

oh I don't know. Honestly I just assumed you could now since she said that I've seen people talk about it previously but maybe they were just saying that would like the ability to make things private.

4/30/2012 2:13:33 PM

i just looked and i didn't see anything....unless i didn't look in the right spot

4/30/2012 2:15:24 PM

Last time I looked you couldn't make it private

you could just block folks that were following you

4/30/2012 2:29:43 PM

Anyone have an invite? Apparently they only way you can save fabrics on Spoonflower is by pinning them, other than bookmarking each individual page

6/8/2012 11:51:52 AM

PM me your email address and I'll send you the invite

6/8/2012 12:00:48 PM

Yay you're my hero!

6/8/2012 12:09:42 PM

My wife has been into this for a while but almost exclusively for finding new recipes/desserts to make and it's been pretty awesome.

I just started an account because I'm into crafty type things and it makes it easy to find cool design ideas if you look in the right places. I like to make cards and presents for my wife so I'll definitely be using it for stuff like that. I just wish there was a way to like/pin things privately so she wouldn't be able to see it.

7/6/2012 9:52:00 AM

http://pintester.com/

lolz

7/6/2012 9:53:43 AM

bacon pancake. pinned it. nailed it!

7/15/2012 1:28:46 PM

Aaaahaha me and meg wanted to try that

7/15/2012 1:31:02 PM