I've noticed a disturbing trend on Pinterest @PinterestGabby - whole boards being stolen and redirected to spam sites.
Here's my board (PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS ONE DOWN):
https://www.pinterest.com/theburntsunsetnovel/the-summer-happy-relationship-poetry/
Here are two boards that steal my text, the pins, use the same board description, and use a similar board title all while sending people to another URL.
https://www.pinterest.com/bettyearly470482/the-summer-happy-relationship-poetry/
https://www.pinterest.com/allisongarcia352806/the-summer-happy-relationship-poetry/
How do I get this spammer banned for life without messing up my impressions? I'm so tired of losing pins to people like this. I don't have the energy to report the 21 pins on each board that they stole and redirected to another website. They are even redirecting a story on each board.
Why doesn't Pinterest start pursuing legal action against these people? I spend hours per day making content just to have it stolen within days.
This totally sucks and it ruins my brand. All the while my impressions go all over the place. When Pinterest responds to me I would like a detailed description of how action was pursued against these spammers. I'm tired of the DCMA form letters.
Chris
Here's my board (PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS ONE DOWN):
https://www.pinterest.com/theburntsunsetnovel/the-summer-happy-relationship-poetry/
Here are two boards that steal my text, the pins, use the same board description, and use a similar board title all while sending people to another URL.
https://www.pinterest.com/bettyearly470482/the-summer-happy-relationship-poetry/
https://www.pinterest.com/allisongarcia352806/the-summer-happy-relationship-poetry/
How do I get this spammer banned for life without messing up my impressions? I'm so tired of losing pins to people like this. I don't have the energy to report the 21 pins on each board that they stole and redirected to another website. They are even redirecting two stories on each board.
Why doesn't Pinterest start pursuing legal action against these people? I spend hours per day making content just to have it stolen within days.
This totally sucks and it ruins my brand. All the while my impressions go all over the place. When Pinterest responds to me I would like a detailed description of how action was pursued against these spammers. I'm tired of the DCMA form letters.
I've also noticed today three new boards labeled as "The International Stage". That board seem to be part of the same scam and is being robbed as well.
This board seems legit:
https://www.pinterest.com/stephenwitherin/the-international-stage/
All of these other boards are spam:
https://www.pinterest.com/maryclaussen836130/the-international-stage/
https://www.pinterest.com/marthaedwards694241/the-international-stage/
https://www.pinterest.com/constancecooper530949/the-international-stage/
https://www.pinterest.com/mariaweingartner442137/the-international-stage/
https://www.pinterest.com/samanthaamezquita110960/the-international-stage/
https://www.pinterest.com/georgiamcfarlane268806/the-international-stage/
https://www.pinterest.com/melaniearvin827285/the-international-stage/
https://www.pinterest.com/kiapatterson562228/the-international-stage/
https://www.pinterest.com/kathleentrevino81651/the-international-stage/
https://www.pinterest.com/emmarock720967/the-international-stage/
THE PINS ON THESE SPAM BOARDS (EXCEPT FOR THE ORIGINAL LEGIT USER) ALL SEEM TO POINT TO https://quoteshole.com AND THIS USER: https://www.pinterest.com/wepicy/
As I was entering in these board names, the spammer even added another board.
Chris
@PinterestGabby The user, URL, and the boards I sited are still active. Can you check into this? Every minute Pinterest waits is another minute my brand is disparaged by this spam.
@PinterestGabby This spammer added 3 more boards today. Can you check on the DCMA violation described in this post? I haven't heard back from Pinterest in a while.
I never heard of this.... glad I read these posts once in a while to see what is going on.
Why do people steal boards?
Hey @theburntsunsetnovel, can you send us the ticket # so we can do a quick check? We aren't able to influence or make any decisions for our support team, but what we can do, is make sure your request is on their radar. Feel free to send me a private message if you'd prefer with the ticket info. Thanks!
@PinterestGabby Copyright Takedown Notice ID #854712335 Thanks.
Hey @theburntsunsetnovel, appreciate you sending that # over. I escalated to our team who said they'd be reaching out today. LMK if you have any questions in the meantime. 👍
My boards that were stolen from me were taken down. A few remain stolen form another user's account. If you click on the pics in those boards a warning appears. Issue is resolved.
@theburntsunsetnovel that's awesome I hope you feel a little better? I am glad that they were able to do something Lisa😁