Facebook's Instagram claims 'perpetual' rights to users' photos

[Jazzy]

Instagram, the Facebook-owned photo-sharing site, has updated its terms and conditions to claim ownership of all photograph rights and now also says it does not have to identify adverts.



Newly announced changes to Instagram's terms and conditions give the Facebook-owned photo-sharing site 'perpetual' rights to all images uploaded, and allow Instagram to use them for commercial purposes without identification.



You acknowledge that we may not always identify paid services, sponsored content, or commercial communications as such, the new terms say.



That may let advertisers use teenagers’ photos for marketing, raising privacy and security concerns, Jeffrey Chester, executive director for the Center for Digital Democracy, told Bloomberg.



Facebook itself was sued by users angry that their images had been used as part of 'sponsored stories', and settled the case in June by making a $10m donation to charity.



At the time, Facebook claimed that any user who clicked 'like' on a brand was effectively giving their consent to be used in commercial content.



Instagram's new policies, which now apply to users as young as 13, enable the site to use members’ names, text, photos and other content with marketing messages, the company said on its site. The new terms of use, which take effect next month, could be exploitative, Chester said.

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Any of you use this service? If so, how do you feel about this new policy?

 

[Evil Eye]

Nice power grab, Facebook.



Yeah... don't use Instagram, people.

 

[DrLeftover]

They backed up off that.



For now.



http://www.latimes.com/business/tec...will-not-sell-photos-20121218,0,4756334.story

 

[Evil Eye]

They'll just sneak it back in when they have plans.