Hi.

I had to add watermarks/text to my artworks.

People started to steal and illegally sell my work. I had to fill in over 1500 DMCA's and I don't have the luxury/time to keep this up.

They think that everything is free on Pinterest, but my artworks are protected by copyright. That's why I am currently deleting all artworks without watermarks. I would prefer a different way, but there is none.



The term DMCA in this case is misleading. I just asked Pinterest to remove the images. I don't want to harm any Pinterest user.



You should have received the following message from Pinterest:

" We're getting in touch to let you know we received a copyright complaint and have removed one (or more) of your Pins.The complaint wasn't directed against you or your Pin; it was directed against another user's Pin of the same content from:

While many copyright owners are happy to have their content on Pinterest , we recognize that some do not want their content to appear on Pinterest , or did not receive attribution for the content. When a copyright owner sends us a complete notice per the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), it’s our policy to remove the Pin(s).

Again, this complaint was not directed at you, or anything you did: we just thought you'd like to know why we removed your Pin. "



I'm also very sad that I had to delete them. Some were shared over 5000 times.

I hope you can understand my situation. I would be honored if you would share the new version on Pinterest to prevent art theft.



Thank you for your kind words. Please believe me I don't want to stop this process at all, but I also need to protect my work.