Instagram and Facebook

[GB1]

Someone emailed me this info below
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In case you didn't hear:


" Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos. In its first big policy shift since Facebook bought the photo-sharing site, Instagram claims the right to sell users' photos without payment or notification. Oh, and there's no way to opt out."




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


*update: now the article has been updated to say that they've backed down and will "remove" the language that caused a user revolt.



Bottom line is, you could never trust them (and maybe not many others either) with your photos after a stunt like this... no matter if they "backed down" or not.. because they'll only try it again in the future when they think they can get away with it -- slip it into the TOS without too many people noticing.


Btw, another reason not to trust Facebook.

[Chris350]

Someone emailed me this info below
-G

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In case you didn't hear:


" Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos. In its first big policy shift since Facebook bought the photo-sharing site, Instagram claims the right to sell users' photos without payment or notification. Oh, and there's no way to opt out."




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


*update: now the article has been updated to say that they've backed down and will "remove" the language that caused a user revolt.



Bottom line is, you could never trust them (and maybe not many others either) with your photos after a stunt like this... no matter if they "backed down" or not.. because they'll only try it again in the future when they think they can get away with it -- slip it into the TOS without too many people noticing.


Btw, another reason not to trust Facebook.

Our fearless leaders take.

The Instagram Terms Of Service Controversy | Camera News & Reviews

[Franglais]

This is just another chapter in the Facebook governance story. I follow it as closely as possible. It's fascinating.

And by the way - minimum content on Facebook. Facebook is not my Friend.

[Photo-John]

Yup - basically my take is, nothing has changed. They just made their intentions clearer. They have backed down a bit though since the update and plainly stated that don't intend to actually sell Instagram users' photos.

[Skyman]

Many other websites make similar claims to content you post on them. I can't see why it was unexpected?

[freygr]

Just post water marked photos, or 640x480 pixel sized photos. Any publisher will not want water marked photos or 640x480 pixel sized photos.