May I say that just because it's on the internet, does not mean that it's free for the taking! It seems to me that some people don't understand what copyright means or they don't care. In most cases, it's that they don't care.
I won't get myself or you all worked up with this issue. I spent years chasing the copyrights for my cross stitch designs all over the internet. These included patterns that I had for sale, patterns that were published in magazines and books and patterns that I offered for free. As you know, I no longer sell my cross stitch patterns and I've deleted every free pattern (with the exception of one) that I've ever offered because I got tired of finding them on other peoples sites. And there was no reason for it! All anyone ever had to do was to link to my blog. Well, too bad now!
With all that said, if you would like the instructions on how to add a "no pin" code to your blog, please hop over to Sharon B's Pintangle Blog. It's very easy to do and I have already added the code to this blog. You can also find a link at Sharon's blog on how to keep your Flickr photos from being pinned. I've left Sharon a message asking if she knows where to add the code to my website (I have a little trouble with HTML) and if she's aware of anyway to keep my content at Etsy from being shared.
For those of you on Facebook, no worries there! Facebook already has a "no pin" code installed on their site. Photos on Facebook can not be pinned on Pinterest. At least not at this time.
So in other news, I've been stitching on my bunny pillow:
