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January 26th, 2009 at 1:01 am
Photo Contest? Yes!
Check out the bottom of our homepage today for information on how to win today’s ZOT!
January 26th, 2009 at 3:43 am
But here’s the question: Under what rights are we submitting the photo? Creative Commons? Commercial?
January 26th, 2009 at 7:26 am
Oddly enough, I’ve been considering trying to sell photos. So this is an attractive buy for me. But, as usual, questions loom:
Q1) Same as ubrgeek. Especially if you plan on trying to sell your photos, giving away your best one on a chance to save $50 is counter-productive. (Personally, I’m always happy to pay for quality software. The answer to this question will have no bearing on whether I actually buy it.)
Q2) Speaking of quality software, has anyone used this and can comment on its worth? $50 isn’t an impulse buy.
January 26th, 2009 at 7:32 am
We speak here about commercial royalty free stock photography. As a part of the registration process in every stock agency you will have to sign an artist’s agreement. The agreements differ between agencies as well as differ their commissions and prices, however almost always it’s a royalty free non-exclusive license, allowing the agency to sell your artwork to their clients.
All stock photo agencies have their Terms online, for instance:
iStockphoto: http://www.istockphoto.com/license.php
Shutterstock: http://www.shutterstock.com/licensing.mhtml
Dreamstime: http://www.dreamstime.com/terms
January 26th, 2009 at 8:15 am
Thanks David. Good information to know.
But my question was more about the contest photo. Do we give up any rights by submitting a photo to the contest?
January 26th, 2009 at 11:09 am
Having managed some very large photo contests (working with sponsors like AOL, Fuji, Kodak, Nikon, etc. … giving away cameras, trips to Tanzania, Galapagos, etc.), I can tell you that you can’t run a contest without acquiring rights to submitted photos. While the use of those photos will be limited, the required language in the rules, usually written by corporate attorneys, effectively causes the entrant to give up all rights when a photo is submitted. That’s because photos are going to be published online, may be published in magazines, and may appear in promotions (read “advertisements”) for future contests. It’s rare for a big company like Fuji or Kodak to abuse this “rights grant” that will appear in the rules. If you talk to their attorneys, as I had to do on many occasions, they make it clear that they work through reputable ad agencies who wouldn’t have any interest in using contest photos, except as needed to run future contests where such use would be appropriate. Smaller companies might be foolish enough to try to cheat photographers using a photo contest, but if it ever got into a courtroom, they would soon learn that that can be a costly strategy.
January 26th, 2009 at 11:24 am
Hi All,
The Photo contest today is solely a macZOT phenomenon. We will not use it anywhere else and we don’t want the rights to your photo (other than the right to share it with our audience tomorrow.) We will credit you, and we may share more than just the winner. If you are concerned about Copyrights – please cover your self in whatever works for you.
We’ve gotten about 10 entries so far. Nice Stuff!
Thanks – Mike Biskup
January 26th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
I’ve looked at the bottom of the home page for the contest but don’t see anything there about a contest?
Maybe I’m just blind……
January 26th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Make sure you’re looking at maczot.com and not maczot.com/discuss/
January 26th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
To Mike Biskup: When you say, “other than the right to share it with our audience tomorrow,” you’re negating your statement “we don’t want the rights to your photo,” so you might want to make sure you have posted rules that either gives you full rights or spells out specifically what you will and won’t do with entrants’ photos. The latter is often not sufficient to get sponsors to participate in a contest, but it may be fine for your purposes. Big sponsors usually have “belt and suspender” lawyers who insist on broad rights language in contest rules.
January 26th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
@Folsom49er,
If anyone is concerned about needing detailed rules for this contest, I suggest they don’t participate. This a relaxed contest – A way to give away a license for today’s ZOT – In the spirit of having fun and sharing. We’ve got about 15 entries now, we’ll choose a winner before 10pm pacific. In less than 4 hours.
Thanks!
Mike