I know this is not strictly about the BBC products, but I think
developers on the list would probably be interested.
Sky are ofering a ten £1k prizes to:
"Develop an original standalone application, using Sky News RRS feeds
(provided by us) of headlines, or pictures, or video (or a combination),
which carries Sky News beyond its home environment (www.sky.com/news ) .
The application should run in 3rd party environments, including
websites and/or desktops "
http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,70131-1291123,00.html
Check out the T&Cs:
"All Finalists agree that the copyright (if any) and all other rights
title and interest in and in respect of their Contribution shall vest in
and are hereby assigned to Sky (and this assignment shall operate to the
extent necessary as a present assignment of future copyright) and that
Sky shall have the unfettered right to deal with a Finalist's
Contribution or any part of it in any way that it thinks fit."
So even if you don't win they still get to keep the copyright on your
work? Anyone else think that they're pulling a fast one? £10K for
ten new features on their website plus loads of other products that they
then own the copyright to?
Seán
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