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Instagram Backtracks after user privacy revolt

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http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/18/tech/social-media/instagram-terms-users/?hpt=hp_t3
…the language that's upsetting some of the app's more than 100 million users says that "a business or other entity may pay" Instagram for the use of user images and may do so "without any compensation to you."

That didn't sit well with some — including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's wedding photographer.

"Pro or not if a company wants to use your photos for advertising they need to TELL you and PAY you," +Noah Kalina Tuesday on Twitter.

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Instagram backtracks after user privacy revolt
Users of Instagram, the popular photo-sharing app, were up in arms Tuesday over language that appears to give the company ownership of their images.

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Jeff Sullivan leads landscape photography workshops in national parks and public lands throughout California and the American West.

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