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I don't get the relationship to music piracy. When people were sharing and downloading music on a mass scale they were getting for free (illegally) what they wo
by sosuke 15y ago
I don't get the relationship to music piracy. When people were sharing and downloading music on a mass scale they were getting for free (illegally) what they would have ordinarily paid for. Other than major content publishers, who license their work, what small hobby blog pays for each they lift from a Google image search? The majority of Pinterest users wouldn't normally buy cute cat pictures or inspiring photos for web use. Even if you implement micro payments I think it would kill photo sharing.
If they are suggesting they will pursue Pinterest users than the rest of the internet better line up for prosecution right? If I upload one of these pictures to Google+, Facebook or MySpace and share it there it's the same situation no?
- Someone 15y agoIANAL, but the "but everyone is doing it" defense may have value if you can prove that the party sueing you knows of, but does not prosecute, other cases, but it will not automatically get you of the hook. On the other hand, law is there for the people, not the other way around. So, if you can argue that _the_people_ will not want to see these things punished, you may see the law changed. However, I do not see that happening soon. At the least there will have to be some provisions disallowing large scale copying. For example, I doubt that the National Geographic or Playboy magazine would be happy if it became legal to republish, as a hobby, their photo series.