I just looked at a registration form of one of the swing-dance events, and was shocked by the rules they establish about taking photographs at the event:
Photographs: By clicking the Submit button and registering for EBC, you agree that in return for allowing you to photograph during EBC, that you will abide by the following rules: If you post images, they CANNOT have watermarks. If you post images, EBC retains the right to use them in any way. You CANNOT sell photographs taken at EBC. If EBC requests copies, you must provide them without watermarks in ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ high-quality digital format if they originated in digital format, otherwise prints will suffice. EBC reserves the right to determine acceptable usage of photographs taken at EBC. EBC retains ownership of any and all photographs, digital, film or print, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ taken at EBC. These rules apply to ALL photos taken at EBC, past, present and future. http://www.ibalboa.com/registration.aspx I can understand events where photography is fully prohibited (although it is somewhat strange for community-oriented events like most swing-dance events are). I understand that people who wrote this statement may not be professional event organizers... but they are greedy! They hire photographers-volunteers without any compensation and with exclusive rights to photographs... Am I too emotional about this? What do you think? Igor -- 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.
