Instagram Wants To Sell Users' Photos Without Notice

Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 18, 2012 @01:46AM from the oh-and-by-the-way dept.

DavidGilbert99 writes "Many Instagram users have reacted angrily to a proposed change to the apps terms of service by owner Facebook, which would give the social network 'perpetual' rights to all photos on Instagram, allowing it to sell the photos to advertisers without notice — or payment to the user. The new policy will come into effect on 16 January, just four months after Facebook completed its $1bn acquisition of Instagram. It states that Facebook has a right to distribute any content posted on Instagram without paying the user royalties:" Also worth reading Declan McCullagh's take on it.

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Re:This is a HUGE rights grab. by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-18 02:35 · Score: 0, Flamebait

I'm only shocked that it took them this long. Facebook tried this on their main site about 2 years ago but backed down when the product, I mean users, got mad. FB wanted to use a picture of yourself in an ad to your friends to get their attention. As a guy I don't want my picture shown to my friends with the words "I use Tampax" written underneath when I prefer Kotex.