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TheBlackAdder

(28,209 posts) Wed Dec 19, 2012, 04:41 PM Dec 2012

One down... several to go!

If you use any photo sharing site... be prepared to share ownership of your photographs and not collect royalties!

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57559710-38/instagram-says-it-now-has-the-right-to-sell-your-photos/?tag=nl.e497&s_cid=e497

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Instagram - The First Photo Sharing Site To Claim Sales Rights To Your Photos! (Original Post) TheBlackAdder Dec 2012 OP

Except.... Blue_Adept Dec 2012 #1

The OP is correct. Key words being SHARE. MotherPetrie Dec 2012 #3

(6,399 posts)

1. Except....

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 04:47 PM

Dec 2012

Like so many things, it's been debunked already and doesn't allow what some armchair legalese experts believe it to be.

(28,209 posts)

2. Here is EFF's reply, dated December 18, 2012. They are claiming rights. Now whether it's legal to???

Wed Dec 19, 2012, 04:51 PM

Dec 2012