Image rights on Instagram: Instagram can do this with your photos

How the Instagram handles the image rights of your photos is regulated in the terms of use. You agree to this when you create your profile and use the service. Find out exactly what that means for you here.

This is how Instagram regulates the image rights of your photos

When you take a photo, you have created a work and the image rights belong to you. This is regulated in the copyright law. Post the photos on Instagram, allow the platform to use your pictures.

• If you post photos on Instagram, you remain the owner of the images, including the associated rights.
• You grant Instagram a time-limited, worldwide license to use the images as soon as you upload, post or share them.
• The license is non-exclusive. This means that you can also use your image for other purposes.
• Instagram may “distribute, modify, copy, publicly display, display and translate” your content in accordance with the terms of use.
• The usage rights for your images end when you delete your Instagram account . However, photos are still visible if they have been shared by other users and have not been deleted by the account owner.
• You can permanently delete or deactivate your account. If you just shut down your account, the posted photos can be restored. They are not permanently deleted.
• Instagram belongs to Facebook. If you agree to the terms of use, enter into an agreement with Facebook. Many references in the Instagram terms of use are linked to Facebook.
• You can find the terms of use for reading in the help section of your Instagram account or here.