Instagram seeks right to sell access to photos to advertisers

[Warren Faidley]

Not sure if any chasers use Instagram, but you might want to look this over.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20767537

This would appear to be yet another sneak attack on copyright laws in which users may be unaware their images are released for free commercial distribution, just like many cable networks continue to do.

W.

 

[Stephen Levine]

To my knowledge I don't use and certainly never applied to Instagram. However, with Facebook now having purchased this, does this mean as a F.B. user, any one of my photos placed on F.B. now may be sold to advertizers without my knowledge or permission?

 

[rdale]

No. It applies to Instagram users.

 

[Dan Robinson]

The backlash against this on the news and in social media is fantastic. I'm cautiously optimistic that this could indicate more people wising up against giving away free intellectual property to help corporations' bottom lines. Could this foretell an eventual resurgence in professional/stock photography and a waning of the me-reporter phenomenon? I can only hope....

 

[John Olexa]

Could this foretell an eventual resurgence in professional/stock photography and a waning of the me-reporter phenomenon? I can only hope....

Amen to that!!!!!!!!!

 

[Todd Renshaw]

Looks like you also give up your privacy rights to the metadata as well. (Including location, it would seem.) Perhaps not a big deal when you're out in the field, but creepy if you're at home.

 

[Mike Johnston]

In this "social media" world, remember that you're either the product or the consumer. Nothing's free; they will find a way to "monetize" you in any conceivable way.

 

[Sean Ramsey]

Somewhere along the way the social media powers that be figured out that they can make incremental changes in their favor by changing policies as they go, and after the inital wave of complaining passes it pretty much becomes accepted and on to the next boundary they go. I wouldn't be a bit suprised after the initial uproar, this sticks and people go about their business like nothing happened.

 

[Todd Renshaw]

Looks like they've backed down on the part about selling user's photos, but it also sounds like they've not really changed their plans. Maybe they will try to sneak this back in someday when nobody's looking:

"Going forward, rather than obtain permission from you to introduce possible advertising products we have not yet developed, we are going to take the time to complete our plans, and then come back to our users and explain how we would like for our advertising business to work."

 

[Greg Campbell]

Yea, they want a chance to 'explain...'

They'll be back, that you can count on.