Instagram Wants To Sell Users' Photos Without Notice

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Many Instagram users have reacted angrily to a proposed change to the apps terms of service by owner Facebook, which would give the social network 'perpetual' rights to all photos on Instagram (http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/416277/20121218/instagram-facebook-will-sell-users-photos-without.htm), allowing it to sell the photos to advertisers without notice — or payment to the user. The new policy will come into effect on 16 January, just four months after Facebook completed its $1bn acquisition of Instagram. It states that Facebook has a right to distribute any content posted on Instagram without paying the user royalties:"Also worth reading Declan McCullagh's take on it (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57559710-38/instagram-says-it-now-has-the-right-to-sell-your-photos/).

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