Instagram’s recent changes to its terms of service have led one user to file a proposed class action lawsuit against the company, alleging breach of contract and other violations. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco last week by California user Lucy Funes, claims that Instagram’s “unilateral” changes to its terms of use transfer “valuable property rights to Instagram while simultaneously relieving Instagram from any liability for commercially exploiting customers’ photographs and artistic content.”
No s*t sherlock. Should the consumers wait idly before the actual harm is done? The harm is already done in the unilateral terms change.
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Mad-as-Hell Instagram User Takes Fight to Court
Posted by: Erika Morphy December 27, 2012 11:49 AMInstagram’s recent changes to its terms of service have led one user to file a proposed class action lawsuit against the company, alleging breach of contract and other violations. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco last week by California user Lucy Funes, claims that Instagram’s “unilateral” changes to its terms of use transfer “valuable property rights to Instagram while simultaneously relieving Instagram from any liability for commercially exploiting customers’ photographs and artistic content.”