Hubpages was very quick to let us add nopin codes to our hubs if we didn’t want the hassle: if you’re there, poke around in profile settings and look for the “social media” setting. I don’t make much money on Hubpages, but it seems more responsive to members’ needs.

Sometimes.

I don’t think Squidoo has a clue about Pinterest’s copyright violations, really.

I cannot bring myself to use a site if it means compromising my principles in the search for traffic.

I’m still waiting to see how HQ responds to members pointing out the serious copyright problems with Pinterest. I’m pretty sure they haven’t realized what can of worms they’ve unleashed.

If they’re going to let photos be Pinned, they need to have a big fat warning across Squidoo dashboards that any photos you share on Squidoo are assumed to be Creative Commons, available for commercial use, and if you don’t want that, you shouldn’t post images on Squidoo– nor should you post anyone else’s images that don’t meet those criteria.

Martha Stewart isn’t suing them, because marthastewart.com has added “Pin it” button to its artciles. Apparently that website is willing to let their photos be shared and hosted by Pinterest. It’s not like Martha Stewart is selling posters, prints, or T-shirts of those photos, nor does it have any other purpose for those photos.

The problem with Squidoo adding a “Pin It” button is that some of the photos on Squidoo articles have third party copyrights, and its photographers/artists haven’t all decided they’re willing to let their photos be shared and embedded off-Squidoo. There are too many different reasons why photos are posted on Squidoo. They are not necessarily all compatible with Pinterests’ “Ignore copyright, share it everywhere!” attitude.