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Instagram Wants To Sell Users' Photos Without Notice

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Instagram Bubble by smittyoneeach · · Score: 5, Funny

    Instagram bubble
    Like your photos are stubble
    That they'll just whisk away
    And save you the trouble.
    Burma Shave

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    1. Re:Instagram Bubble by pinfall · · Score: 5, Funny

      So long, and thanks for all the pics!

    2. Re:Instagram Bubble by operagost · · Score: 5, Funny

      ... like his dad. Really, we have no idea what his dad's like. He might be into things that would make Lindsay Lohan's freckles blush.

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    3. Re:Instagram Bubble by ifiwereasculptor · · Score: 5, Funny

      That name has always bugged me. Wouldn't you expect a Trojan to be something that covertly carries a multitude of soldiers to the inside of the gates and then releases them? That's the absolute last thing you want from a condom.

  2. And suddenly by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just when I thought I could never want to use Instagram less, this happens.

  3. Re:You need their service! by Assmasher · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who needs the internet, I've got Facebook!

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  4. Human Cendipede... by tekrat · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you read a little further down in the EULA, it also says they have the right to perform medical experiments on you, including making you part of a human centipede...

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  5. Re:Stockphotos by bleh-of-the-huns · · Score: 5, Funny

    You just lost points for admitting you watch Judge Judy...

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  6. Just Like Lando and the Cloud City by CMYKjunkie · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further!" -- Darth Zuckerberg