Stolen pins, part 2 - the Aftermath

First of all, WA, I would like to thank everyone who reached out to me, your support made this horrible experience somehow bearable.

Now, many updates on this subject that looks far from over!

Firstly, Pinterest are faster than expected. Thank God for that.

They reacted and took down the first pin that I reported stolen in a matter of hours. Being the control freak that I am, I checked again just to see with my own eyes. Yes, friends, the duplicate is gone and just my original work in now on the platform.

Victory!!!

Secondly, for your best interest - if you ever find yourself in the same situation, please, contact me first. There is a specific way to report a stolen pin and I'll walk you thtough the process. One step in the wrong direction and all of the pins will me removed, including your original work. So, do keep this in mind!

Above all, you won't believe what else I managed to discover since my first post on this topic!

One of the sites that stole my pins went that far to steal the logo of one of the biggest blogging platforms currently. So, what was the right course of action in here considering it's not my work?

Well, I don't know if it was the best thing to do, but this is what I did:
I did contact that blogging platform and let them now that such an important part of their trademark is being used unethically.

In other words, I feel confident that my actions will help to take that "business" down once and for all.

Did I went too far? Honestly, I don't think so.

You get what you're putting out there. Moreover, I would like to believe that if a fellow blogger notices the same thing happening to me, they would bother and take the time to let me know.

Isn't that what the blogging community is supposed to be about?
More news:

Today I found more pins being stolen. Well, I went after tham again and I won't stop until I manage to shut down all their accounts. Not just because they are hurting my business.

But mostly because I'll do everything in my power to stop them doing to somebody else as well.

In the end of the day, it's a horrible feeling watching all your hard work being taken advantage of. I lost the better part of the day going after "businesses" that have no basic moral and integrity. Time, that could be better spent at my own business instead of dealing with something that I shouldn't have to deal in the first place.

Well, it is what it is. Unforunately, it's a part of the online world.

When I told my Mom about what's going on, do you know what she told me?

"You must be doing something right. It looks like your business is taking off if people feel the need to steal from you."

When you look at it that way, she is probably right. Still, that doesn't make it OK.

I, for once, don't see myself leaving this alone any time soon. It takes a minute to report a stolen pin and tons of work to get a pin to go viral and to bring tons of traffic.

So, am I supposed to just sit and watch BS people using my work and probably the work of hundreds of others content creators for their benefit?
Not gonna happen!