On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 08:51:09PM -0400, Bruce Walker scripsit: > The City of Toronto is holding a photography contest via Flickr [*]. > They plan to use winning pictures in official city business. > > I did a double-take at this clause in the agreement [**]: > > - You waive all moral rights in any of your winning photos and photos > that receive honourable mention. > > Is that a reasonable condition (or even legal) ?
It's legal. It's quite common in work-for-hire "creative" (in quotes because it shows up in contracts for programming and technical writing and so forth) activity. Reasonable is a matter of opinion; I'd say so. It's there so that if the city decides to use part of winning entry, or your winning entry with a blue tint, or something like that, as the cover of a city publication or as transit ad, etc. you can't use your moral right as the creator to sue them for ruining your artistic vision by adding that blue tint. Since the moral right of the creator can't be assigned or licensed, unlike a copyright, you have to waive it instead. -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
