Twitpic is shutting down | Twitpic Blog

[6Foot2]

Link: Twitpic is shutting down | Twitpic Blog

 

Twitpic will be shutting down September 25th. You will be able to export all your photos and videos. We’ll let everyone know when this feature is live in the next few days.

 

This is an unexpected and hard announcement for us to make and we want to lay out what led us to this decision.

 

A few weeks ago Twitter contacted our legal demanding that we abandon our trademark application or risk losing access to their API...

[TheScarfedOne]

Twitter playing hardball again then, a bit like when they took over and ruined TweetDeck

[Arthur]

Basing your business entirely around anothers is never a good idea.

 

That said, why couldn't they simply rename Twitpic to something else?

[Edu-IT]

Basing your business entirely around anothers is never a good idea.

 

That said, why couldn't they simply rename Twitpic to something else?

I'm wondering that too?

[CAM]

Years upon years of pictures numbering in the millions pointing at the domain with the old trademark.

[IrritableTech]

Years upon years of pictures numbering in the millions pointing at the domain with the old trademark.

 

And the result is millions of tweets shortly to have broken links. 'tis one of the reasons why I host my own images (and short links) and don't rely on third parties.

[Arthur]

https://twitter.com/TwitPic/status/512705809696837632

 

We're happy to announce we've been acquired and Twitpic will live on! We will post more details as we can disclose them

[Arthur]

Twitpic is shutting down (again).

 

http://blog.twitpic.com/2014/09/twitpic-is-shutting-down

 

It’s with a heavy heart that I announce again that Twitpic will be shutting down on 25th October. We worked through a handful of potential acquirers and exhausted all potential options. We were almost certain we had found a new home for Twitpic (hence our previous tweet), but agreeable terms could not be met. Normally we wouldn't announce something like that prematurely but we were hoping to let our users know as soon as possible that Twitpic was living on.

 

I'm sincerely sorry (and embarrassed) for the circumstances leading up to this, from our initial shutdown announcement to an acquisition false alarm.

 

You can export your data and photos at: http://twitpic.com/account/settings

[6Foot2]

Link: Twitpic’s Future | Twitpic Blog

 

...we have reached an agreement with Twitter to give them the Twitpic domain and photo archive, thus keeping the photos and links alive for the time being. Twitter shares our goal of protecting our users and this data. Also, since Twitpic’s user base consists of Twitter users, it makes sense to keep this data with Twitter...

[Trapper]

And that is why I refuse to use the Cloud for my personal stuff, let alone work.

 

Twitpic have given away all photos to another company, and they have the right to do that. Your data is no longer yours, it belongs to a corporate entity who can do whatever they want with it.

 

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And that is why I refuse to use the Cloud for my personal stuff, let alone work.

 

Twitpic have given away all photos to another company, and they have the right to do that. Your data is no longer yours, it belongs to a corporate entity who can do whatever they want with it.