How To use Pinterest Images?

Pinterest's pictures for many people are a sea of magic. But for me, it's a good way to escape from depression. Just try to log in to your account on Pinterest after a bad day, you will travel, see a new world, and know more about anything that comes to your mind without leaving your couch. But do you ask if this world of magic has rules like copywriting rules!

Do you know anything about the legality of using pictures on Pinterest! Do you face any issues when trying to keep your full picture from it!

 All of these questions I asked myself before. So, let me share the answers with you in this article to make sure that we use this world in the right way.

•  What is Pinterest?
• Is it legal to use pictures from Pinterest?
• How can you be part of the Pinterest community?
• How Can You Use Pinterest Pictures?
• What pictures you can Pin on Pinterest

What Is Pinterest?

It seems an obvious question but let me explain that Pinterest is one of the Social media networks that was created to inspire people. It depends on posting photos in all fields you can imagine. So, it’s a great community of talented people. You can use Pinterest to get ideas. Like ideas to decorate your home..etc. On the other hand, you can use it to post photos and paintings. Notice that sharing pictures on Pinterest is called “repin”. Posting Pinterest pictures called “pin”. When you group pins with each other by topic it called “boards" or called “ pinboard”

How To Join Group Boards on Pinterest? 

It's totally free to be part of the Pinterest community. All you have is to create an account on it then you can:

• Browse pictures

• Save pins

• Repin it

• And create your pin by uploading the image you want to pin on it then adding a description and website link if you want.

Pinterest and Copyright

When you read some about copyright from Pinterest, you will find that it’s very clear that it’s not legal to use Pinterest’s pictures on any other platform. As you can use it on the same platform by repining it. But watch out! There are serious copyright rules on pictures. So you should know it to be with the safe side. In order not to do an illegal thing, try to read the copyright rules of Pinterest. It's very useful to know more about the rules and how to protect your images from people who don't care about Pinterest's copyright rules. 

How Can You Use Pinterest Pictures?

• Get new ideas: If you are a designer or a photographer and want to get new ideas, you can use Pinterest pictures as it’s a great way to inspire you. 
• Use Pinterest Pictures to follow new lifestyles: Pinterest is a great way to make a social network, follow and see new styles and trends to be special. 
• Get more traffic to your website: it's legal to add your website link in the Pinterest Picture's description. So you can share photos from the website with your link to get more traffic.
• Post your infographics and paintings: Pinterest is your way to purplish your infographics, photos, and paintings.
• Build a special community: with Pinterest, you can be with the people that will encourage you to be better and inspire you to do your best.
• Increase your SEO: if you have a website, posting on Pinterest is one of the ways to increase your position in google by getting more traffic.

How To Create a Pin For Pinterest

You can post all types for different reasons using Pinterest as a social platform people use to get ideas, buy products, know more about trends, and get inspired. Know more about products and sell your product: many companies use Pinterest to post their products, so you can know more about products from it. Pictures from the internet: you can pin them by downloading them into your device then uploading them to your Pinterest profile.

Conclusion

Be careful with Pinterest pictures and Read the copyright rules to be able to use them in the legal way