Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos via @CNET not sure how they can sell photos of my durian food

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Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos via @CNET not sure how they can sell photos of my durian food

Instagram said today that it has the perpetual right to sell users' photographs without payment or notification, a dramatic policy shift that quickly sparked a public outcry. The new intellectual property policy, which takes effect on January 16, comes three months after Facebook completed its acquisition of the popular photo-sharing site. Unless Instagram users delete their accounts before the January deadline, they cannot opt out. Under the new policy , Facebook claims the perpetual right to license all public Instagram photos to companies or any other organization, including for advertising purposes, which would effectively transform the Web site into the world's largest stock photo agency. One irked Twitter user quipped that "Instagram is now the new iStockPhoto, except they won't have to pay you anything to use your images." "It's asking people to agree to unspecified...

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@ruby_beth » 18 Dec '12, 4pm
Sad about this. I love @instagram & I think it's a great thing. Considering deleting my fav app. [link]
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RT @zenical: Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos [link] via @CNET not sure how they can sell photos of my durian food
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Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos [link] via @CNET not sure how they can sell photos of my durian food
@Rutix » 18 Dec '12, 10am
RT @zenical: Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos [link] via @CNET not sure how they can sell photos of my durian food
@KaZearashi » 18 Dec '12, 9am
RT @zenical: Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos [link] via @CNET not sure how they can sell photos of my durian food