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I'm trying to imagine a scenario where I post a pic, they sell it in one of their publications, then sue when someone else also uses it. I think it sounds ridiculous, but isn't this one of those legal scenarios were it's possible but not probable? No, I'm still not happy about the principal of it.

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Also, users don't assign copyright, they merely (if the users have actually agreed to these terms) grant TwitPic a non-exclusive license. All someone has to do to get around it is tweet @ you and get your permission to use the image instead of getting TwitPic's (or their affiliate's) permission.

Right. That suggests that the value of WENN is mainly going to be as a convenience clearinghouse for quick and easy licensing of the images.

Don't post it on TwitPic unless you want it to be used by others. WENN/TwitPic may get paid but, probably no one's going to get much out of any individual image either.

When you say "someone else", do you mean you?

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