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February 25th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Users on the Yahoo-owned photo social network Flickr can now block Pinterest aficionados from tacking Flickr pictures onto their beloved online image boards.
Flickr users can block pinning by changing a “Yes” to a “No” in user Privacy Settings. Simply state “No” in the area where you “Allow others to share your stuff.” The Pinterest “nopin” code will be enabled.
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“Flickr has implemented the new tag that Pinterest introduced, and it now appears on all non-public/non-safe pages, as well as when a member has disabled sharing of their Flickr content,” Jason Khoury, Director of Yahoo! Global Product Communications told Mashable in an email.
Pinterest users can pin all pictures that are public, but only if sharing is not prohibited by the images’ owners.
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In an experiment on Flickr, we were able to pin many non-creative-commons pictures, labelled “All Rights Reserved” onto our Pinterest pinboards.
SEE ALSO: Sorry, Pinterest Users: Websites Can Now Block Pinning [VIDEO]Stephen Woods — a Flickr web developer — told users they would be able to opt out starting this week. The “nopin” code was created by Pinterest allows web publishers, companies and individuals to protect copyrighted content.
The Flickr implementation of the Pinterest opt-out code was first suggested by a user.
“We liked this idea so much we went ahead and did it. The photo page now includes this tag if you have opted out of sharing (or if it is not a public photo). Thanks for the suggestion!” Woods stated on a Flickr help section thread.
Meaning, Flickr users will have the power to share photos Pinterest admirers, or not. Now, Flickr’s default setting is to not allow sharing of images on Pinterest, but that can be easily changed to allow sharing.
The Pinterest opt-out option will prompt a message that says: “This site doesn’t allow pinning to Pinterest. Please contact the owner with any questions. Thanks for visiting!”
The two-year-old social bookmarking website that has gained 13 million users (and counting) in 10 months is gaining naysayers just as quickly because of copyright issues.
Usually, the “pinning” action will automatically link back to the original source of the pin. Pictures are often not credited when a person saves an image to their desktop and uploads it onto a board from there.
Flickr photographers Mashable contacted for the story had this to say:
Jennifer Sosa, a lifestyle and wedding photographer, has Pinterest and Flickr accounts.
“Back in the day with magazines, you would tear up the magazine and put it on a bulletin board,” Sosa said. “Pinterest is a way of categorizing it. I think it’s bizarre people see it as a violation of copyright. I see people pinning my stuff and I’m happy.”
Lee Cullivan is also a professional photographer on Flickr. He believes giving users access to a Pinterest opt-out is great.
“I think is the right thing to do,” he said. “As long as my photograph would be credited, unaltered, and linked back to the Flickr site I wouldn’t have a problem with it.”
Image courtesy of Flickr, dabblelicious
This story originally published on Mashable here.
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