Your Pics Can Now Appear In Tabloids

Suppose you take a nice picture and want to upload it to your Twitter or Facebook account. No worries, you might think but that is not true anymore. Twitpic the service to upload these pictures, recently (and silently) changed its terms of service regarding uploaded pics (see screenshot).

By using their service, you automatically agree to giving Twitpic permission to distribute you content. And say goodbye to any hopes of getting any sort of royalties from Twitpic if they use your pictures. They have already signed an agreement with advertising agency WENN to sell all pics of celebrities that appeared on Twitter.

The rumours are that scores of users are now removing pictures from Twitter and some are even canceling their account altogether.

Facebook was the next company that changed their therms of service

You and your privacy were already at risk but now even your own pictures are taken away from you.