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So Instagram is now going to use photos taken by its users in advertising, and they may or may not disclose to viewers when the advertising is happening.
I have no idea how this will work, and I'm once again glad that I don't use Instagram... but I know a lot of people who do, and many of those people are celebrities to some degree.
Here's what I'm wondering: if Kaley Cuoco uses Instagram to share a photo of her and Melissa Rauch doing something silly, does that mean that Instagram can take that photo and use it to advertise for something silly without compensating them for what becomes a use of their likeness for commercial purposes? I can see that being a pretty serious shitstorm if it happens.
This sort of dovetails with another concern I have about the automatic opt-in nature of much of our digital life: if I'm in someone's address book, and they use an app that grants the developer full, unfettered access to their address book, I've now had my information given without my consultation or consent to a developer, and I never even knew it was happening.
Just as we have a "do not track" option for our webbrowsing habits, we're going to need to have something similar for other aspects of our increasingly-digital lives: from contact information to our location to moving and still images of ourselves. Because it's no long enough for me to be careful with my opt-ins and online sharing; now I have to ensure that every single person around me is careful, as well.
I have no idea how this will work, and I'm once again glad that I don't use Instagram... but I know a lot of people who do, and many of those people are celebrities to some degree.
Here's what I'm wondering: if Kaley Cuoco uses Instagram to share a photo of her and Melissa Rauch doing something silly, does that mean that Instagram can take that photo and use it to advertise for something silly without compensating them for what becomes a use of their likeness for commercial purposes? I can see that being a pretty serious shitstorm if it happens.
This sort of dovetails with another concern I have about the automatic opt-in nature of much of our digital life: if I'm in someone's address book, and they use an app that grants the developer full, unfettered access to their address book, I've now had my information given without my consultation or consent to a developer, and I never even knew it was happening.
Just as we have a "do not track" option for our webbrowsing habits, we're going to need to have something similar for other aspects of our increasingly-digital lives: from contact information to our location to moving and still images of ourselves. Because it's no long enough for me to be careful with my opt-ins and online sharing; now I have to ensure that every single person around me is careful, as well.
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- Again, does anyone know if Facebook already has this in their ToS? Is this new news?Dec 18, 2012
- This is exactly why I stopped using Facebook, I don't trust Zuck enough to keep from doing crap like that.Dec 18, 2012
- "Just as we have a "do not track" option for our webbrowsing habits,..."
You do realize that the "Do Not Track" options on browsers is simply a signal to websites of your "preference" yes? Even "Do Not Track" add-ons are simply blocking cookies and signalling your "preference." The websites being "notified" can still track you because so much of the legal code is still murky concerning application to the internet. I don't know of very many cases currently, or previously, being adjudicated in the courts. The courts, U.S. especially, are so slow and behind the times on these issues; that governments are treating the "internet" as some sort of medium where Constitutional rights don't apply: unless, of course, you've bought enough politicians like the MPAA and RIAA.Dec 18, 2012 - If one does not like these new TOS, the solution is simple: stop using Instagram. Delete it from your phone and use a rival service (the new Flickr app for iOS is wonderful).Dec 18, 2012
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