[Leica] National trust photography rules

[bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)]

Interesting - so anyone who wants to photograph on an NT property is
functioning as an unpaid NT photographer. Clever. I'm amazed the Bush
Administration hasn't hit on that one yet - take a photo of the Grand Canyon
and it belongs to the National Park Service. ;-)


On 7/27/05 2:58 PM, "Steve Unsworth" <mail@steveunsworth.co.uk> wrote:

> I went to a National Trust property in the UK the other day and had to
> sign a document to obtain a photography permit. It was only when I got
> home that I read it properly and found the following clauses...
> 
> "I assign to the National Trust the entire copyright worldwide of
> previously unpublished photographs for the full period of copyright and
> all extensions and renewals of it, and confirm that the National Trust
> shall be duly credited as owner of copyright."
> 
> So it appears that I have signed away the copyright of anything I
> photographed to the National Trust.
> 
> Is it just me, or does this seem a little draconian?
> 
> Steve