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Postby wildrose » Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:51 am

PINTEREST: http://www.pinterest.com

Pinterest or Porn-terest? What the Social Network Is Doing to Keep It Clean
This site has a different layout and organization from most sites I've seen. Kind of interesting and worth checking out!
:sunshine:
And while it remains to be seen whether the site will soon explode into pornographic mayhem and be subsequently firewalled at the office, for now, things seem relatively under control. On the other hand, if “art” is in the eyes of the beholder, does that mean “porn” is too?

LINK: http://mashable.com/2012/02/19/pinterest-nudity-policy/
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Postby shadylady » Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:15 am

That's an interesting website. They really cram a lot of stuff on a single page and if you change the dimensions of your browser the page adjusts to fill up all the space! Some might say that the layout looks cluttered, but as far as I'm concerned they just use every bit of available space to the greatest extent possible!
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Postby desertrat » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:01 am

wildrose wrote:PINTEREST: http://www.pinterest.com

Pinterest or Porn-terest? What the Social Network Is Doing to Keep It Clean
This site has a different layout and organization from most sites I've seen. Kind of interesting and worth checking out!
:sunshine:
And while it remains to be seen whether the site will soon explode into pornographic mayhem and be subsequently firewalled at the office, for now, things seem relatively under control. On the other hand, if “art” is in the eyes of the beholder, does that mean “porn” is too?

LINK: http://mashable.com/2012/02/19/pinterest-nudity-policy/

I tried really hard to find some porn there, but I came up empty! I'm thinking the promise of porn was just a trick to try to get people to check out the site!
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shadylady wrote:That's an interesting website. They really cram a lot of stuff on a single page and if you change the dimensions of your browser the page adjusts to fill up all the space! Some might say that the layout looks cluttered, but as far as I'm concerned they just use every bit of available space to the greatest extent possible!
:dizzy:

No doubt about it! That page is crammed full of a lot of stuff. In fact, there's so much stuff that it kind of makes it seem like the website is a random collection of anything and everything. Not much of a focus there!
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Postby shadylady » Sun Feb 26, 2012 8:54 am

Pinterest: The Last Article You’ll Ever Need or Want to Read
More on Pinterest... :up2:
Pinterest calls itself a “virtual pinboard,” and unlike most self-descriptions, it’s pretty apt. Much like a middle school bulletin board, the site is a “board” of images that you “pin” from other sites you frequent. It’s a mix of scrapbook, ornate refrigerator door, diary, and the stuff jangling around in the bottom of a purse.

LINK: http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/02/pinterest-the-last-article-youll-ever-need-or-want-to-read/
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Postby panamint_patty » Mon Mar 19, 2012 8:27 am

A Lawyer Who Is Also A Photographer Just Deleted All Her Pinterest Boards Out Of Fear
More on Pinterest. :twirl:
Kirsten turned to federal copyright laws and found a section on fair use. Copyrighted work can only be used without permission when someone is criticizing it, commenting on it, reporting on it, teaching about it, or conducting research. Repinning doesn't fall under any of those categories. The one glimmer of hope for Pinterest, Kirsten writes, is the outcome of Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corporation. In that case, a photographer sued a search engine. The search engine won because it used thumbnail images in its results, not the entire work. Thumbnails aren't always fair use, however. They're only fair use if the necessary portion of the work is copied and nothing more. Pinterest, however, lifts the entire image from the original source which is not ok. If that didn't scare Kirsten enough, the all caps section of Pinterest's Terms of Use did.

LINK: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-02-28/tech/31106641_1_repinning-copyright-entire-image
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Postby cactuspete » Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:47 am

panamint_patty wrote:A Lawyer Who Is Also A Photographer Just Deleted All Her Pinterest Boards Out Of Fear
More on Pinterest. :twirl:
Kirsten turned to federal copyright laws and found a section on fair use. Copyrighted work can only be used without permission when someone is criticizing it, commenting on it, reporting on it, teaching about it, or conducting research. Repinning doesn't fall under any of those categories. The one glimmer of hope for Pinterest, Kirsten writes, is the outcome of Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corporation. In that case, a photographer sued a search engine. The search engine won because it used thumbnail images in its results, not the entire work. Thumbnails aren't always fair use, however. They're only fair use if the necessary portion of the work is copied and nothing more. Pinterest, however, lifts the entire image from the original source which is not ok. If that didn't scare Kirsten enough, the all caps section of Pinterest's Terms of Use did.

LINK: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-02-28/tech/31106641_1_repinning-copyright-entire-image

Not knowing how Pinterest operates, I can only speculate, but in general if Pinterest makes a copy of an image and displays it without the permission of the person who owns the photograph then copyright laws have been violated. However, merely displaying the image on your website does not violate copyright law providing that the image is not copied and the image is displayed through a reference to another website. COPYright law is violated only when a COPY is made. That may be a difficult concept for a lawyer who doesn't understand how the HTML img tag works to wrap his or her head around, but it's pretty plain and simple for someone who does. That being said, if Pinterest does make local copies of an image, it is liable for breaking copyright law if users submit references to an image and Pinterest then makes copies of the image, BUT if users must upload the image, then the user is liable for breaking the copyright law. Since I don't use Pinterest, I don't know what method is used and it's impossible to tell just by looking at the site since an image looks the same regardless of which method is used. The advantage of making a copy of an image is that you then control access to your copy of the image and don't have to worry about the owner making it inaccessible.
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Postby desertrat » Mon Apr 02, 2012 6:48 am

Bizarre Pregnancy Pics
This is one weird blog topic! What I want to know is how did these people even think of doing a news segment on this topic!
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Postby cactuspete » Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:01 am

Photo Sharing Site
Don't use imageshack.us anymore! They require registration! :curse:
Instead use: https://imgur.com/ :thumb:
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Postby wildrose » Mon May 07, 2012 7:58 am

Which Site is America’s Most Engaging Social Networking Site? You’ll Be Amazed To Know :sunshine:
Let's face it. Facebook is boring and no one is actually very happy with the way that site is set up. What we need is something that's a bit more interesting and better organized! Don't know if this is the answer, but it's worth looking at!
According to ComScore data, each time a Tagged user visited the site, he or she stuck around for 12.1 minutes which trailed only Tumblr (14.7 minutes) and defeated Facebook (10.9 minutes). Also, Tagged users visited an average of 18 times each day during March, next to Facebook’s average of 36 visits per vistor.

LINK: http://www.techieapps.com/which-site-is-americas-most-engaging-social-networking-site-youll-be-amazed-to-know/
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Postby desertrat » Mon May 28, 2012 8:23 am

DROP BOX DOT COM
This could be quite useful for backing up files! :pacman:
Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Dropbox was founded in 2007 by Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi, two MIT students tired of emailing files to themselves to work from more than one computer.

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https://www.dropbox.com/
https://www.dropbox.com/about
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Postby MojaveMike » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:49 am

Pinterest, A Social Bookmarking Website, Skyrockets in Popularity
Supposedly this is the fastest growing website ever. It looks like it could be interesting, but I'm not sure just yet if it's anything other than a colossal waste of time!
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