Instagram can sell users' photos for adsDecember 18, 2012 - 21:16 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Instagram shocked users with an update to its terms of service that will let the company sell users' photos to other companies, CNN Money reported. The new terms of use, effective January 16, are littered with changes throughout - but the biggest changes came in the section about users' rights. "A business or other entity may pay" Instagram to display users' photos and other details "in connection with paid or sponsored content or promotions, without any compensation to you." Users can't opt out of the new provisions. The only way to avoid them is to delete your Instagram account altogether. The updated terms significantly broaden what Instagram can currently do with users' content. The current terms simply note that "Instagram may place such advertising and promotions on the Instagram Services or on, about, or in conjunction with your Content." Hammering the point home, Instagram changed the current language about users granting a "limited license" for use of their content. The new terms make it a "sub-licensable" agreement, again making it clear that Instagram can give content to third parties. A note at the top of the new terms, in bolded caps, says that any dispute between Instagram and a user "will be resolved by binding, individual arbitration," unless the user opts out of the provision in writing. What's more, users waive their rights to a class-action lawsuit or class-wide arbitration. The photo-selling provisions is the one that made the headlines, though, and users took to social networks to complain. Some people appear to be prepping to delete their accounts. One photo-export program, Instaport, crashed soon after a Wired article linked to it. Instaport's website read: "We are expecting high traffic right now. If you have problems downloading your photos, please try again tomorrow or the next days." Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |