Yesterday’s post about problematic “terms” in photo contests elicited some responses (including email from the promoter of the contest I mentioned) and led me to some additional relevant information on the web. First, thank you to Peter Phun for pointing me to his article at Black Star Rising that describes an contest that actually states … Continue reading More info on ‘photo contest’ issues
(Update 7/7/11: After posting a link to this old 2009 post I realized that not all of the original links are still live. Rather than start modifying the following post, I will leave it as it was written, even though access to the original posted source material may no longer be possible. Aside from the … Continue reading Thought I found a photo contest with fair terms… but only for a moment
Minor updates were made to this article in May of 2018. Note that the examples come from nearly a decade earlier, and that the parties mentioned may have changed their policies since they were originally posted. Although the specific examples are now dated, they still illustrate things that anyone considering entry in a “photo contest” needs … Continue reading Photographer Beware – Two Examples of Intellectual Property Rights Grabbing ‘Contests’
Many of the recent online “photo contests” have included terms that are downright offensive. Read the terms very carefully before you even submit your photographs. In many, many cases merely by submitting your photographs for consideration you assign unlimited, cost-free licenses to the contest promoters and, frequently, to a number of other entities with whom … Continue reading Another Intellectual Property Rights Grab Masquerading as a “Photo Contest”