Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On the Canadian pro photo list there has been a discussion over a contest being held by Heritage Canada ...A GOVERNMENT AGENCY ...with much the same terms. It's little more than a government weasel figuring out how to build a stock photo library for free. Most pro's would never enter but there are thousands of pretty good amateurs who would because A/ they don't understand the ramifications or B/ They are just happy to get their pictrures in print. The volumn of entries means you are assure to get a decent collection. Pretty disgusting, EH!!!?? (a Canadian expression for non-residents on Canada Day) Greg Locke St. John's, Newfoundland http://blog.greglocke.com ----JUST RELEASED------- NEWFOUNDLAND ...journey into a lost nation by Greg Locke and Michael Crummey McClelland and Stewart ISBN # 0-7710-6142-0 http://www.straylight.ca/newfoundland > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+locke=straylight.ca@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+locke=straylight.ca@leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of Peter Klein > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004 12:32 AM > To: lug@leica-users.org > Subject: [Leica] Why I haven't entered photo contests > > A link to a BBC photo contest was posted on another list. I > took a look. > They referred interested photographers to their terms and > conditions. Check this out. The relevant stuff is in Items 9 and 10: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/terms/ > > This is from the BBC, who I believe has historically been > relatively good to creative people. You must give them all > rights to all possible versions and derivations of the work > in every possible medium forever. At least they only want > non-exclusive rights, so you can still sell the image to > someone else at a later date (if I understand the legalese > correctly). But it is galling to think that this is the > price you pay for just submitting the image, whether you win > or not, and whether they use it now or not. > > I've read contest rules in the U.S. where in addition to all > of the above, they demand *exclusive* rights. Once you > submit the image, you can never use it again. > > If this is the current standard, I wonder why anyone bothers > to enter these things at all. It sounds like it's derived > from the "work for hire, sign away all rights or you don't > work" school of freelancer contracts. I almost think one > would get a better deal from old-school organized crime. > > --Peter > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >