Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos

[Borg 386]

You've got to be kidding me...

Instagram said today that it has the perpetual right to sell users' photographs without payment or notification, a dramatic policy shift that quickly sparked a public outcry.

The new intellectual property policy, which takes effect on January 16, comes three months after Facebook completed its acquisition of the popular photo-sharing site. Unless Instagram users delete their accounts before the January deadline, they cannot opt out.

Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos | Politics and Law - CNET News

 

[Pauly]

Thats just outrageous, glad i havent got an account

 

[boohbah]

there should be a mass deletion of photos in accounts after backing up then a mass upload of photos of arses from millions of people across the planet.
how much will they get for a pic of my arse?

 

[Chilidawg]

Could one preemptively copyright all their photos on Instagram and charge 'em an arm and a leg? :devil:

 

[BrightBlessings]

No, Instagram can't sell your photos: what the new terms of service really mean

No, Instagram can't sell your photos: what the new terms of service really mean | The Verge

 

[Borg 386]

Instagram apologizes to users: We won't sell your photos

Update, December 18 at 2:50 p.m. PT: Instagram has backed down, as we report in this CNET article posted a few minutes ago. Instagram says it will "remove" the language that caused a user revolt over the last day.

Instagram said today that it has the perpetual right to sell users' photographs without payment or notification, a dramatic policy shift that quickly sparked a public outcry.

Instagram apologized to its users today, saying it will "remove" language from its legal terms that would have let it sell users' photos or use them in advertisements.

In a blog post this afternoon, Chief Executive Kevin Systrom said it's "our mistake that this language is confusing" and that the company is "working on updated language."

"Since making these changes, we've heard loud and clear that many users are confused and upset about what the changes mean," he wrote.

Instagram's terms of use agreement announced yesterday sparked a user revolt unprecedented in its history -- and prompted competitors to tout their own services as more user-protective. It came three months after Facebook completed its acquisition of the popular photo-sharing service, which has over 100 million users, and follows recent efforts by the social network to increase revenue.

Instagram apologizes to users: We won't sell your photos | Internet & Media - CNET News

 

[Dave76]

Still wouldn't trust them.

Chief Executive Kevin Systrom said it's "our mistake that this language is confusing" and that the company is "working on updated language."

They may make it more confusing and still sell your photos.

 

[Borg 386]

Still wouldn't trust them.

Agree, considering that FB owns them....& look at how often they've changed the rules....

I'm sorry, but does that just sound a little off that now they're claiming "Oh, you people just didn't understand the language...."

 

[EchoX860]

I guarantee that most of the people who are freaking out about this, are the same people who illegally download music/games/movies. #HypocrisyIsFun

 

[Solarstarshines]

My friend uses this when we go out to capture our moments having fun if this is the case I'm going to tell him to stop using it

That is a big violation of rights ,Maybe should take a look at there fine print before making an account it should state that somewhere before signing up or during that process and give people a choice if yes or no if they want them shared

Also if it is a free service they are making money off of you and get no return pretty evil if you ask me

 

[Dinesh]

I use Instagram to upload almost 4-5 photos in a month. After this news, I have stopped uploading pics to Instagram. Though I haven't deleted my account yet. Hoping for some good news.

 

[jimbo45]

Hi there
If you use a site you have no control over - then don't expect them to do you any favours.

Vote with your feet -- remove your account -=- these sort of people only understand MONEY so hit them where it hurts most -- in their wallets.

Don't even THINK of using the Court system -- all this does is pay EVEN MORE money into lawyers fat Bank accounts.

Just close your account. There are loads of other ways to "replicate" the service.

Buy a hosting service -- host your own and often you'll get a few GB FREE !!! and a domain too. Most of these services are really really cheap too.

For example IS

http://www.101domain.com/web-hosting-is-iceland.htm


Similar prices I'm sure for US and other countries.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[Alchemy]

I DON'T want to believe...

Hehe I think more is going on than anyone would truly care to know. Wonder if it has anything to do with Obama's closed door meeting with Apple, Google, Facebook and others. Not much coverage at all but for what it's worth here is one link and I've found that most articles in regards to it took place Feb 17th,2011.

https://www.google.com/hostednews/a...ocId=CNG.c290e40a1c0e8fea7fa9aaf96fa3f507.481

Apple, Google, Facebook CEOs meeting with President Obama | Electronista

 

[Alchemy]

Forgot to mention that Facebook info in never truly deletable even if the account is deleted so please keep that in mind and be safe.

 

[Borg 386]

The problem with any site is that you have no guarantees about anything they will do with your data in the future. It's happened too many times already, a company promises not to sell your data to anyone, and then they get acquired by another company that does sell your data & now the rules have changed and you don't have any recourse. An unfortunate fact of life in the digital era.

 

[jimbo45]

The problem with any site is that you have no guarantees about anything they will do with your data in the future. It's happened too many times already, a company promises not to sell your data to anyone, and then they get acquired by another company that does sell your data & now the rules have changed and you don't have any recourse. An unfortunate fact of life in the digital era.

Hi there
Photos are a bit of a grey area but if any Private personal data (such as address, date of birth, race, age, religion, disability, medical history, employment status etc etc) is sold on to 3rd parties at least in the EU and EEA you can get recompense by invoking the various "Data Protection Acts".

When you sign up to a service you must also read the small print as to what the operator of the hosting service is allowed to do with data stored on their server(s).

About the only exemption are those OBNOXIOUS Credit Reference agencies (Experian, Equifax, etc).

There's not much we can do against those --people are trying but it's a real hassle so the courts are being used to clip their wings a bit by trying to severely limit their activities to only supplying data to those 100% entitled to it (Banks etc).

Debt collection agencies have NO RIGHT BTW to any of this data -- and if you even accidentally give say the address of a person one of these "Bottom feeder" companies might be chasing up -- you could find yourself in court facing a LARGE fine or worse -- serious Jail time for breaching Data protection acts.

If a company takes over another company -- nothing changes your original contract unless they send you out a new one which you agree to (or not as the case may be).

However the general rule is if you store something on a public accessible website -- then data is ALWAYS going to find its way into all sorts of places all over the planet -- so if you don't want data publicized then don't store on a public website.

(Public in this context means any website that anybody can access even if a subscription is required).

Cheers
jimbo

 

[Pedroc1999]

I have always used 4shared because of its simplicity and its 'freeness'

 

[Borg 386]

Instagram faces class action lawsuit for updated terms of service

A class action lawsuit has been filed against Instagram over the company’s controversial update to its terms of service last week.

The civil lawsuit, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, accuses Instagram of violating the property rights of its users and breaching its existing terms of service. It was filed initially on behalf of a single user but says there are “tens of thousands of members” in the state whose rights were violated by Instagram’s update.

Instagram faces class action lawsuit for updated terms of service | PCWorld

 

[Pedroc1999]

They Deserve It !!! HAHAHA!!