Ian,
I think that there is some considerable confusion over the whole
issue. Firstly, Instagram is a photograph sharing resource which
Facebook has purchased. Secondly, you can update your Facebook account
to add photographs which have not gone via the Instagram system, so
we're talking about slightly different things here.
As Steven has already said, Instagram has issued a clarification of
their statement, specifically "Instagram users own their content and
Instagram does not claim any ownership rights over your photos."
http://blog.instagram.com/post/38252135408/thank-you-and-were-listening
I've not seen many people leaving Facebook as a result of this
particular fuss, but I know that a lot of people have left Instagram
for other services, such as Flickr, so it's again important to be
clear that we're talking about 2 different things. Consequently, I
don't think that you need have any concerns that library photographs
will be used in the manner that you describe.
I think it's both disappointing and disturbing in the extreme that
some libraries do not allow access to Facebook - I'm presuming that
you mean to their members, rather than staff (though either is
dreadful), since Facebook is far more than a social media site (and
who are we to tell people how to use their computer time?) since it
provides access to a lot of useful material that people can use to
research subjects that are of interest to them.
However - the bottom line as always is - if you want to keep something
private, just don't put it online.
Phil.
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