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comment by insomniasexx
insomniasexx  ·  4651 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why I Tearfully Deleted My Pinterest Inspiration Boards
What is the difference between image hosts like imgur and pinterest in terms of legality? You hear outraged photographers on reddit and tumblr quite often getting mad about people rehosting the image and sometimes removing the watermark. Why aren't image hosts more scared like this woman supposedly is?




dublinben  ·  4651 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Because they have safe harbors immunity through Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and the DMCA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230_of_the_Communicati... https://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512/faq.cgi

insomniasexx  ·  4650 days ago  ·  link  ·  
And pinterest doesn't?
dublinben  ·  4650 days ago  ·  link  ·  
They probably do, but the author of this lousy article doesn't know that.