Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina Manley wrote: > At 09:10 PM 5/9/2003 -0400, you wrote: > Tina, > >> I believe the language means that your are transferring all rights >> relevant to the competition. I think this has become standard practice >> with photographic contests sponsored by reputable entities. They >> understand that the "all rights" thing is untenable. >> >> Having said that, I'm not an attorney, so I'll wait for someone else >> to step in. But that is my reading of the language. >> >> Rolfe > > > Rolfe - > > If you read any of the EP (http://www.editorialphoto.com/) messages, > this is one of the worst scams that publishers use with photographers. > They grab all rights (that is what you are signing away) and hope to get > good enough photographs to use for their advertising campaigns without > paying advertising rates. Believe me, once you sign away "all rights", > as it states in this contract, you will have no rights left to lease > your photograph to anyone else. Any reputable contest now assigns all > rights to the photographer, as it should be. Your copyright is > established once you click the shutter, but for legal rights you have to > register the photo with the US copyright office. Publishers take > advantage of photographers who don't know the value of their own > material and it lowers the value of all photographs. > > Before you consider selling any photographs or entering any contests, > please consult the EP website. Every time you sell or give away a > photograph for less than the established rate, you are hurting every > photographer who is trying to make a living leasing photographs. > > Tina Tina, I couldn't agree more. I do think the Agfa wording is intended to limit Agfa's rights to the stated uses. They are a reputable company and don't need to do the scam thing, which I agree is widespread with these contest things. Rolfe - -- Rolfe Tessem | Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. rolfe@ldp.com | 96 Morton Street (212) 463-0029 | New York, Ny 10014 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html