Couldn't get Seán's URL below to work. The link seems to have changed to: http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91221-1291198,00.html
Jacob -- Jacob Urup Nielsen www.linkedin.com/in/jurup www.brillebo.dk/blog > 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 > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
