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Blocking Pins to Pinterest

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lornawebber
@lornawebber
6 years ago
334 posts
We have blocked pins from our site to Pinterest, by adding the following code to the head area of a page
[less than]meta name="pinterest" content="nopin" [forward slash greater than]
However, it is still possible for people to use "View image" on the gallery detail page and then pin the original photo.
Can we stop this?
updated by @lornawebber: 12/19/18 12:19:47PM
michael
@michael
6 years ago
7,746 posts
Maybe this:
https://altlab.com/htaccess_tutorial.html

You're saying they are using the full URL of just the image itself right?

It also seams like they have the ability to block websites, may pay to send them a note and ask them to block yours.

Pinterest copyright
https://policy.pinterest.com/en/copyright
lornawebber
@lornawebber
6 years ago
334 posts
Yes, that's right @michael - a url such as this https://pmp-art.com/gallery/image/gallery_image/258777/original is not covered by the "nopin" code although the gallery page https://pmp-art.com/lorna-webber/gallery/258777/horse-head-pk is blocked.

Thank you for the information on hotlinking. I will follow it up. I did look into getting the whole site blocked from Pinterest and it seems the only way is with the "nopin" code - other than that it's individual DMCA notices to get pins removed.
michael
@michael
6 years ago
7,746 posts
Wow, that's annoying. Their site concept is to steal others content and you have to opt-out. Seams like their concept wouldnt work if they had to ask you first if they wanted to use your content.
lornawebber
@lornawebber
6 years ago
334 posts
Yes it's really annoying. So hard to protect people's images. GDPR is no help.

The downside of the htaccess block appears to be that it can block legitimate access from people with a proxy or firewall.

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