Northeast Rights-grab Photo Competition!

Pro-imaging has just launched a campaign against these pernicious contests. You know, when a couple of pretty kewl-sounding prizes are offered, and the small print says all ur photos are belong to us? Preying on the naif and the desperate, these scams competitions are a jolly clever way of getting hold of a large bank of images for very little money. Targeting students seems a particularly low blow, especially when said students are coerced told encouraged by their tutors to enter.

The Challenge

Its FAQ

The Terms & Conditions

This One North-East rights grab has slipped through Pro-imaging’s net so far, and it looks to have been widely promoted in the region’s colleges, who of course like it for their own publicity if a student wins. So that’s a double whammy, isn’t it?

Spread the word:

“All photographers, both professional and amateur, should be aware that they have the same rights, and that they need to protect them.

Too many competition sponsors are stealing your pictures, stealing your creativity, stealing your skills, stealing your unique vision. Such things are worth infinitely more than any competition prize.

Tell your friends and colleagues, your associations, your forums, your political representatives, and your local and national news outlets about this. Refer them to this article.”

Via the mighty EPUK

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