Twitpic Users Now Officially Own Copyright Of Their Uploads

In the Wild West of online content ownership, Twitpic – the popular photo sharing service for Twitter – has taken a stance in favor of content creators. It has updated its terms of service to explicitly state that “all content uploaded to Twitpic is copyright the respective owners.” We’ll see if other photo-sharing services follow suit.

It’s not uncommon for bloggers, media outlets, and news organizations to take images uploaded onto services like Twitpic and use them for their articles without the proper attribution or acknowledgement of the image’s creator.