Instagram grants itself the right to sell users' photos without payment or notification

[Jenna]

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.

That means that a hotel in Hawaii, for instance, could write a check to Facebook to license photos taken at its resort and use them on its Web site, in TV ads, in glossy brochures, and so on -- without paying any money to the Instagram user who took the photo. The language would include not only photos of picturesque sunsets on Waikiki, but also images of young children frolicking on the beach, a result that parents might not expect, and which could trigger state privacy laws.

Instagram says it now has the right to sell your photos | Politics and Law - CNET News

[lewisipso]

Not an Instagram user. Wondering about Photobucket however.

[Xiphos]

Not an Instagram user. Wondering about Photobucket however.

Try your Facebook photos. Facebook bought Instagram and I suspect they will both become integrated soon.

[Jenna]

Update:

Instagram has said it will remove language from its new terms of service that would have allowed users' photos to be part of advertisements that would run within the photo sharing social network.

Systrom said Instagram was listening to its users and would fix any mistakes on the social network's part. He said Instagram never intended to sell people's photos to others without compensating the photographers.

"This is not true and it is our mistake that this language is confusing," he said. "To be clear: It is not our intention to sell your photos. We are working on updated language in the terms to make sure this is clear."

The response from Systrom comes after many of the social network's users threatened to stop using the service and delete their accounts altogether.

Instagram withdraws policy change, won't put users' photos in ads - latimes.com