Instagram Is Right To Want To Sell User Photos To Advertisers—If You Want To Talk About Empowerment Rather Than Selfishness, I Am Ready For The Discussion
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Hmmm. Though I don’t disagree with your argument (in general) about Facebook and its terms of use, the problem with applying it to the Instagram issue is that copyright law, tested time and time (and time) again, is that the photographer holds the rights to an image, not the subject or the publisher (we’re not talking about an image with Michele Bachmann’s face Photoshopped onto the Grinch’s body, right?). Since the modern tenets of our society are that intellectual property is more valuable than gold, oil, or human life itself, any company én masse claiming ownership of every image that crosses its servers is simply asking for class-action litigation, and is unlikely to prevail in a jury proceeding (particularly in the tort-crazy South).
Sleeve–Thanks for this perspective. I enjoy your assessment of the view of intellectual property in our society.
“is that copyright law, tested time and time (and time) again, is that the photographer holds the rights to an image, not the subject or the publisher”
And in the Instagram case, the photographer would exchange his rights for access to the Instagram service, just as if he’d sold them for money or other consideration.