Competitions and Copyright

General Photographic DiscussionGeneral Photographic...

112 posts
20 years
UK (bottom left-ish)

Posted 13/08/2008 - 20:27 Link

Hi all,

I don't know about you, but I'm annoyed by the increasingly unreasonable terms and conditions of many photography competitions, whereby the photographer basically waives their rights over the image simply by entering. Just found that Pro-Imaging are running a campaign on the subject, with helpful lists of "good" and "bad" competitions. Worth a read if you ever enter competitions:

Photo Competitions : Rights Grabbing Raids?

Steve

simonkit simonkit

2106 posts
19 years
Mold,
North Wales

Posted 13/08/2008 - 20:45 Link

It's becoming increasing common for competitions to try and grab free photographs...its definitely increasingly important to read the T&Cs

simon

My website http://www.landscapephotographyuk.com

My Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/landscapephotographyuk

Find me on Google+ link

George Lazare... George Lazarette

8192 posts
22 years
London

Posted 13/08/2008 - 23:36 Link

simonkit wrote:
It's becoming increasing common for competitions to try and grab free photographs...its definitely increasingly important to read the T&Cs

simon

It's much too common, but I don't think it is increasingly common. This has been a problem since I was a nipper, and probably long before.

G

Keywords: Charming, polite, and generally agreeable.