You retain all ownership rights to Content uploaded to Twitpic. However, by submitting Content to Twitpic, you hereby grant Twitpic a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the Content in connection with the Service and Twitpic’s (and its successors’ and affiliates’) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Service (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels.
From Twitpic’s terms of service • This is the part that allows Twitpic to sell your content. This is the reason why you should perhaps stop using Twitpic. Note that yfrog’s terms of service does not contain a similar clause, so you’re safe using them. (via shortformblog)
Shortformblog. Always service-y.
(via inothernews)
All Your TwitPic Belong To Us.
I ditched TwitPic as my Twitter picture-sharing service a LONG time ago for Tumblr, mostly because of all the double uploads and time-delays and I couldn’t update the description after posting. But I think now it’s time to actually delete my old TwitPics.
UPDATE: Looks like TwitPic is addressing the issue here:
To clarify our ToS regarding ownership, you the user retain all copyrights to your photos and videos, it’s your content. Our terms state by uploading content to Twitpic you allow us to distribute that content on twitpic.com and our affiliated partners.
I have not reviewed the updated terms of service. I still plan to delete my twitpics.