Withtoday’s announcementthatTwitterhas partnered withPhotobucketin order to provide a native photo hosting option, the first question out of our mouth was obvious — Who owns the content?
In aninterview with Photobucket CEOTom Munro, TNW’s Courtney Boyd Myers asked the question directly:
CBM: How will the integration work?
TM:The images will be owned by Twitter.
Obviously this didn’t sit very well with users, and it didn’t sit well with us either. But Twitter’s Sean Garrett had another opinion:
If you’re asking us, that’s as clear as it gets. But it apparently wasn’t quite enough for Garrett. He went one step further inanother tweet, stating specifically that we were playing under “Twitter’s rules, not Photobucket’s”.
It’s a small, but powerful statement. Especially more powerful when you look at the recent debacle concerning photo sharing sites which wecovered in depth here. In short, nearly every site on the Internet claims ownership of and the ability to profit from your uploaded content.
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So there you have it, straight from the horse’s mouth so to speak. Unless Twitter changes its rules, your content is your own, and it appears that we’ll be playing safely for some time to come.
Story byBrad McCarty
A music and tech junkie who calls Nashville home, Brad is the Director TNW Academy. You can follow him on Twitter @BradMcCarty.(show all)A music and tech junkie who calls Nashville home, Brad is the DirectorTNW Academy. You can follow him on Twitter@BradMcCarty.
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