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Community => General discussion => Topic started by: hanorotu on December 18, 2012, 09:54:24 PM
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This is an article (short article) I wrote for the FLPP facebook page.
Instagram; You know, that image hosting site where cousin Sally puts all of her self portraits and then shares them with Facebook. Where Jody from school puts all those pictures of his basketball field trips and then posts it all to twitter. Well, starting January 16, 2013 instagram has reserved the right to sell your photos and updates to advertisers as stock photos. If you don't want your privacy compromised it might be a good idea to remove your pictures before then. Now this may come as a shock, but it's in the TOS. Who reads that anyways?
It reads:
"To help us deliver interesting paid or sponsored content or promotions, you agree that a business or other entity may pay us to display your username, likeness, photos (along with any associated metadata), and/or actions you take, in connection with paid or sponsored content or promotions, without any compensation to you."
That translates to:
While you still own your photos, we can use them in any way we see necessary while not compensating you for them. The new rule applies to adults as well as teens. As long as you are over 13 they can sell your photos.
What are your options?
The simplest option would be to switch image host, a few good free ones are tinypic, photobucket and imageshack. The choice is ultimately up to you.
Read more about the new policy:
http://money.cnn.com/2012/12/18/technology/social/instagram-sell-photos/ (http://money.cnn.com/2012/12/18/technology/social/instagram-sell-photos/)
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Instagram is bullshit. I used Fotki.com (http://www.fotki.com) and will forever use it because it's good, it's reliable, it's fast and just what I need - no funny and shiny website, enough functionality.
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A social network trading your personal information?
Can't say I've never heard of this before.
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A social network trading your personal information?
Can't say I've never heard of this before.
I know, sounds so much like Google and Facebook.......
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Why is everyone freaking out about this? Oh no, the people that offer a free service are trying to make money. That's bad.
And it would be pretty cool to see a photo that you took somewhere.
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I wrote this for the Florida pirate party's facebook page, it's kind of a big deal on there. Target audience son.
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lol no shocker here, facebook does the same shit
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Why is everyone freaking out about this? Oh no, the people that offer a free service are trying to make money. That's bad.
And it would be pretty cool to see a photo that you took somewhere.
The biggest problem here is that it's your life, your family, your friends, your experiences and memories that you take then upload to share with said friends and family, only now a company is trying to monetize from it. If they need money for their free service then do ads, or have premium accounts, theirs plenty of business models that are tried and true. But now their going to essentially take a copy of your memories and sell them for pennies a pop. You may think it'd be cool to see a photo you took somewhere, but what if that photo included you and the love of your life having a heartfelt kiss and you uploaded it just to share with her then a few weeks later you see it pop up on one of those jewelry ads on TV? I'd be pissed.
Or the photo of your dead grandma you uploaded to share with the rest of your family? Now she's an advertisement for a product you don't like at all, but there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. You sold granny the second you decided to share her with those close to you.
lol no shocker here, facebook does the same shit
I find it hard to believe that FB sells photos, a users info such as likes/dislikes and location etc. i know they sell. But I would like a reference to them selling a users photos if thats valid please.
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The biggest problem here is that it's your life, your family, your friends, your experiences and memories that you take then upload to share with said friends and family, only now a company is trying to monetize from it. If they need money for their free service then do ads, or have premium accounts, theirs plenty of business models that are tried and true. But now their going to essentially take a copy of your memories and sell them for pennies a pop. You may think it'd be cool to see a photo you took somewhere, but what if that photo included you and the love of your life having a heartfelt kiss and you uploaded it just to share with her then a few weeks later you see it pop up on one of those jewelry ads on TV? I'd be pissed.
Or the photo of your dead grandma you uploaded to share with the rest of your family? Now she's an advertisement for a product you don't like at all, but there is absolutely nothing you can do about it. You sold granny the second you decided to share her with those close to you.
I find it hard to believe that FB sells photos, a users info such as likes/dislikes and location etc. i know they sell. But I would like a reference to them selling a users photos if thats valid please.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/instagram-selling-photos-company-responds-backlash-promises-fix/story?id=18009451#.UNNyn9dkHo0