kari-shma:

quick question..

has anyone ever had one of their instagram pictures stolen and published in a magazine without permission/renumeration? If yes, what did you do?

I need advice/help/info/insight/anything?

Writing as a (staffer at a) magazine but not a lawyer, our advice is for you to gather together the evidence that proves they stole it and its yours, and then contact a lawyer. The lawyer should know what to do from there. If you don’t want to go that route, you could always send them a sternly-worded letter asking for compensation and/or cease-and-desist from publishing the photo any further. OK good luck! 

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15. inviseblenewyork answered: send a i-mail for the magazine
16. dangcrazibomb answered: you havent heard of the new terms of conditions of instagram? basicaly, as soon as you post a pict there, insta takes all the rights from you
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19. imaginaryfr13nd answered: I thought they were alowed to that “I agree to the terms” and all
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21. carukiabarnesi said: Instagram released a statement the other day saying that they wouldn’t sell anyone’s pictures, after a huge uproar, and around 3 million users leaving because of the fact that they originally said they were going to.
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24. makingtherest answered: As of January the released a statement that they own the rights to the photos and may be sold, there is no copywrite protection, use flickr
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26. retna-ltd answered: Do you still retain copyright after putting a photo to instagram though? I thought instagram/facebook owned it/a version of it after posted
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    but not a lawyer, our advice is for you to gather together the evidence that proves they stole it and its yours, and...

32. samanthablaik answered: sorry not know
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35. iwanttodancehannah answered: once youve posted a photo to instagram, they legally own it. you agreed to their terms.
36. omyclegane answered: what magazine? could you be more specific?
37. moonshadoww21 answered: Unfortunately, if you post something on instagram, I’m pretty sure it’s theirs no matter what.
38. amberredfield said: If your photo was taken before the new T&C on Instagram, the rights may be different. Best bet is to contact the magazine and Instagram, and see what legal action to take.
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40. thelcway said: They stole a picture of YOU … ????
41. lalaalesliee answered: yeah. they’re actually allowed to do that now because of instagrams new policies. So just make your profile private
42. azure-desire answered: check the instagram privacy policy…there may be nothing you can do….
43. fuq-auffe answered: Talk to a lawyer.
44. disregardwomenacquireexperience answered: Dates. If you’ve got it posted somewhere earlier then they do, you win.
45. gnumblr said: but dont quote me on that
46. gnumblr answered: it’s within instagram’s rights to allow 3rd parties to use user-submitted content so long as they dont explicitly take credit for the content
47. skolix answered: first you have to be sure that this is your photo. then you can prouv it by showing the post on the internet that says the date and the time.
48. tsunadesama21 answered: news.cnet.com/8301-13…
49. thestartingmiles answered: definitely contact them if they didn’t give your credit. and hopefully you like the picture so you can be excited your work is published!
50. ron-swansong answered: I think Instagram is actually allowed to do that now. There was a whole thing about their terms of use, so you might want to check that out.
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