As Twitpic Signs Picture Agency Deal, Mobypicture Hands Control Back
11th May 2011
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Hey, remember back in the old days when you could post a picture on Twitter and not have it ransacked by news organisations and picture agencies? Yeah, those days are gone. All these picture sharing apps are looking lovingly at the feed of images coming in and licking their lips. Whether you like it or not, one day these apps will have to monetize and there is gold in them there photos…
So there’s been a huge blow-up around the use of these images. Twitpic is being reported as claiming the copyright on your images. And entertainment news and photo group WENN has signed a deal with the photo app, ” to represent those images.” Oh really? How convenient for everyone. But what about the users?
Lesson: Put your stuff online, others will use it … whether you like it or not, whether your rights are respected or not, whether your privacy is respected or not, whether you’re paid or not, and inevitably to your detriment. Putting your information online is like putting all of your worldly possessions out in the yard and then trucking off to work. Don’t be surprised if it’s not there when you get back — or if it’s been destroyed in the meantime. Verbum sapientis sat est.