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Instagram Just Threw Users of its Embedding API Under the Bus

posted by Fnord666 on Monday June 08 2020, @03:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the this-department-is-copyrighted dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:

Instagram just threw users of its embedding API under the bus:

Instagram does not provide users of its embedding API a copyright license to display embedded images on other websites, the company said in a Thursday email to Ars Technica. The announcement could come as an unwelcome surprise to users who believed that embedding images, rather than hosting them directly, provides insulation against copyright claims.

"While our terms allow us to grant a sub-license, we do not grant one for our embeds API," a Facebook company spokesperson told Ars in a Thursday email. "Our platform policies require third parties to have the necessary rights from applicable rights holders. This includes ensuring they have a license to share this content, if a license is required by law."

In plain English, before you embed someone's Instagram post on your website, you may need to ask the poster for a separate license to the images in the post. If you don't, you could be subject to a copyright lawsuit.

Professional photographers are likely to cheer the decision, since it will strengthen their hand in negotiations with publishers. But it could also significantly change the culture of the Web. Until now, people have generally felt free to embed Instagram posts on their own sites without worrying about copyright concerns. That might be about to change.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @05:23AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @05:23AM (#1004733)

    Following in a long line of failed failures, Intagram disappeared up its own anysss and nothing of value was lost. Nobody even noticed.

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @06:30AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @06:30AM (#1004743)

    With Zuck sucking Trump's cock this week, good riddance.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @01:31PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2020, @01:31PM (#1004810)

      Cock? That douche is totally the type to be munching ass. Especially after spicy tacos.

  • (Score: 2) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Monday June 08 2020, @02:25PM

    by Rosco P. Coltrane (4757) on Monday June 08 2020, @02:25PM (#1004827)

    At least they won't create a Photobucket bomb when they finally fall out of favor.