@Alvera: not sure if you're making a bittersweet joke or you just don't realize, but that is not OK. You took a thumbnail, removed part of its watermark then post it on your site next to an article about Bob Moog. That can't pass as recommending that image on Dreamstime and it's an actual usage. Please download it asap or have it removed immediately.This is probably the best example that it's the infringing action that should be punished, not the tool.Getting back to Pinterest, there is a technical way to implement an opt-out button, is just that it doesn't work with 15M images, 5M users and several options of sharing content. We would take a massive hit on resources management. Technical issues doesn't always mean is impossible, there are other things to take into account for something to be technically possible.@Cleaper, what you described regarding Pinterest vs Facebook is not entirely correct. Facebook also stores the image on their servers once you upload it there. The fact that you decide what to upload doesn't stop other users from uploading their own. The same story from Pinterest can replicate in their Facebook accounts, this is why all stock images should always be watermarked.Yes, we all realize that it would be better if each of those pins would pay you a license fee. It will not happen, we all know it. You might want these sites to simply disappear. It will not happen. Yes, removing the button will stop watermarked images (the ones promoting Dreamstime AND all its contributors), from appearing there. Unwatermarked images or watermarked images pinned directly by visitors will still appear. You will keep sending DMCAs in the same way. The only difference is that the watermarked images will disappear from Pinterest and many of these people will have no idea that they should purchase and licenses images. This is a way to educate this people and to reach the biggest share of customers, where no stock photography agency has tapped into before. Microstock made stock available to tons of people who never used it before, because they didn't know or they couldn't afford it. It is time we go a little bit further and try to educate people that content can be used legally. These are not web designers or agencies, so most will not purchase. But those that will can make a huge difference. It is a new business model actually, where one will download just a few images but where the long tail is so huge that it can change stock photography as we know it.You don't have to agree with all these. It is your right to decide whatever is best for you and if you feel we're not doing a good job, you should remove your images.In the same time, just as we respect your position, you need to respect ours. As an agency, it is our duty to find new ways to promote content and to be innovative instead of just standing on the beaten track. These ways promote the entire community not a single portfolio or just the agency.As I said earlier we will be looking into how this works, what kind of traffic it brings and if it works the risks. We will also discuss with Pinterest about ways to limit or remove those risks. If both these will bring a reasonable result, we will continue. If not, we will remove the Pin-it button.
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