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Update: Pinterest respects copyright

by Yvonne DiVita

Just saw this on Facebook, "New code lets websites opt-out of Pinterest."

According to LLsocial.com, Ben Silberman, CEO of the darling of the net, Pinterest, is taking our worries seriously. According to Josh Davis, "pinterest now allows website to opt-out."

How? Glad you asked. Here's the news direct from LLsocial in response to those who don't want their content 'pinned':

We have a small piece of code you can add to the head of any page on your site:

<meta name=”pinterest” content=”nopin” />

When a user tries to pin from your site, they will see this message:

“This site doesn’t allow pinning to Pinterest. Please contact the owner with any questions. Thanks for visiting!”

They are also testing a 500 character limit to captions. I did notice that recently and wondered what it was about. I don't have a problem with it - unless I can't describe the pic and give authentication in 500 characters. Doesn't seem likely - 500 characters is quite a bit. But, we'll see.

Be sure to read Josh's whole post and don't forget to read the comments. Comments often have extra added content or advice, and they're just worth a read, regardless.

Any thoughts at your end on this new development? Hey, Dorian Wagner, what do you think now? 

31 Million Dog Owners and Counting

by Yvonne DiVita

While this post will mention one political figure running for election, the post is not a political stance. It's an "I love my pet" stance. My hope is to make sure everyone knows this information. I'm amazed at how many good people with pets, especially beloved dogs, don't know about it. To me, it's important. It should inform anyone's decision on voting in the fall.

When I read about Mitt Romney putting his dog, Seamus, on top of his car, in an "air-tight kennel" whatever that means (air tight - so he couldn't breathe? or air tight so the wind couldn't get in or what?) on top of his car and drove for 12 hours with his family inside the car...for vacation... I was more than appalled. I was astonished. Who would do such a thing?

Worse yet, who would do it and then defend it? Read on.

Pinterest and the Issue of Copyright

by Yvonne DiVita

Love Pinterest? Having fun pinning lots of good stuff? Are you crediting the originator of that 'stuff'? Really? Maybe you are...maybe you aren't.

I just started my Pinterest account a week or so ago. It's very fun, yes. And, folks who know me know I seldom say 'very'... but, this is 'very' fun. Not only do I enjoy adding my own pics (from my own blogs or my home computer), I enjoy sharing yours. Many of yours. And, many from other people I don't even know. Oh my! 

As I started sharing pics from people I discovered by visiting a pinterest account of a friend, I began to wonder... does Pinterest carry the originator's info forward? On Facebook this week, our own Dorian Wagner (I say 'our own' because she has been a BlogPaws member from day one, I think - but she doesn't belong to us, she belongs to herself), posted a note asking this very question:

Pets In Need Of Assistance

From The Editor's Desk: This came across our desks this morning and because we love and support all things animal we just needed to help spread the word. 

Friends, on the show Pit Bulls and Parolees last night, they showed how tornadoes devastated and killed people and dogs in Tuscaloosa, AL. A dog rescue there, K9 Camp, lost 22 dogs (out of 50+), they are in the process of rebuilding the buildings they had, and dogs and humans are now living out of tents. One family lost EVERYTHING except each other and they had already been through a lot personally. 

They need a lot of assistance: donations of food, treats, leashes, dog bones and cash are welcome and volunteers to help them rebuild. Please do what you can to help, and please let others in your network know too.

Contact: Tuscaloos K9 Camp, 366 Willcutt Rd., Berry, AL. 35546, 205-998-3342

 

Avoid These Home Remedies

From The Editor's Desk:

Saw this information online the other day and wanted to pass it along. 

I spent four hours one day last week trying to clean motor oil off a patient whose owner had tried to use the slick substance to kill mange. It was a fundamentally bad idea - and not just because motor oil is probably more dangerous to dogs than it is to mange mites. Turns out the poor dog wasn't even infected with mange in the first place. Read the rest here.

Do you ever use home remedies?