Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
"Facebook's photo-sharing site Instagram has updated its privacy policy giving it the right to sell users' photos to advertisers without notification. Unless users delete their Instagram accounts by a deadline of 16 January, they cannot opt out. The changes also mean Instagram can share information about its users with Facebook, its parent company, as well as other affiliates and advertisers. The move riled social media users, with one likening it to a "suicide note". The new policies follow Facebook's record $1bn (£616m; 758 euro) acquisition of Instagram in April." Read the entire story here.
This is not the first time folk offering free services switch the rules. Just make sure that pictures on Instagram are indeed what you don't mind giving to Facebook, the parent company, for it's own commercial use from now on. I'm not saying they are bad, just that we should be aware of the important changes.
Asher
BTW, OPF has always maintained the right to re-use submitted pictures but only within OPF for discussion and editorial comment, while both © and commercial rights remain with OPFrs, the photographers, as it should be!