I don't think you can assign rights legally without compensation. I
don;t see where they compensate you in any fashion. You cannot simply
give your rights away. That's accepted legal principal. This wouldn;t
stand up in any court I know of. In fact taking someone to court on
this would probably offend the judge and EBC would probably end up
regreting the decision, you don't want to offend a judge.
Igor Roshchin wrote:
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
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