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Is Pinterest setting up its users for big legal problems?
Some troubling aspects of Pinterest’s Terms of Use detailed in this blog post. Apparently, Pinterest’s main appeal, its sharing of content that users all recognize and love, is really just a huge shift of liability on Pinterest’s userbase. All copyright infringement, unauthorized replication of copyrighted material, and posting of images, merchandise, etc. on Pinterest basically sets the user up for a shitstorm of corporate backlash. Detailed here:
You acknowledge and agree that you are solely responsible for all Member Content that you make available through the Site, Application and Services. Accordingly, you represent and warrant that: (i) you either are the sole and exclusive owner of all Member Content that you make available through the Site, Application and Services or you have all rights, licenses, consents and releases that are necessary to grant to Cold Brew Labs the rights in such Member Content, as contemplated under these Terms; and (ii) neither the Member Content nor your posting, uploading, publication, submission or transmittal of the Member Content or Cold Brew Labs’ use of the Member Content (or any portion thereof) on, through or by means of the Site, Application and the Services will infringe, misappropriate or violate a third party’s patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other proprietary or intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy, or result in the violation of any applicable law or regulation.
Oh. So the majority of the appeal of your site is based on illegal replication that you’re blaming on the user. Cool.
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.
So wait. Not only is the blame on the users, but if for some reason Pinterest’s crackpot terms are assailed legally because of something you did, you are the one who is going to pay their legal fees. Seems fair.
I’m not a Pinterest user and now I definitely don’t intend to become one.
