It’s probably obvious to most readers that this isn’t what happened ($300,000 would be an absurd price for someone’s camera roll), but it feels misleading. People respond to that kind of thing really negatively here, which is probably why your post got flagged.
I wonder if user data does have some value. I could see long haul dashcam footage possibility being worth something if you were training self driving cars...
Sorry, but wtf?!?
Not really, there are a lot of ways to take images/videos you aren't legally allowed to publish later. You can have them for yourself but you can't share them publically (or give to a company like yours).
I hope it’s not just some boiler plate legalese about how you have to make sure you have the rights to everything you upload.
In short, if it's not your original content, it won’t pass. And we’re constantly tightening this loop as we scale.
That being said I did not consider that side of things, and I think it’s great you’re so proactive about it. Hopefully that does not come off as condescending/patronizing!
Your blanket claim that you own the rights to commercially distribute all photos that you took is just not true.
You created your account a year ago. Did your friend suggest that you write this post a year ago?
> Lol last thing I care about is self promotion, we're doing just fine.
At the top of your likes on your LinkedIn profile, you have a post linking to an interview you did on YouTube entitled: How to Grow an Instagram Account in 2025 (Easy Mode) - Avi Patel.
It was uploaded 3 months ago from the time the screenshot was taken and has 162 views. Your entire public profile is like this:
> Founder & CEO of Nitrility which is the world's first music licensing marketplace working with over a billion $ in assets from 80K rightsholders.
> Age 21 as of August, high school diploma (Rutgers Prep), college dropout (UIUC), grew up in Somerset NJ, 2 time founder with 1 exit at age 18, 2400 rated chess player, former top tennis player, Forbes Technology Council.
> Usually you will find me in NYC, LA, or SF.
This kind of thing doesn’t work here. You aren’t Mark Zuckerberg, and we aren’t living in the 2010s anymore.
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