From: Igor Roshchin
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?
I think I would not agree to the terms of use and would not photograph
their event.
There is a wildlife preservation organization here in NC that requires
the same kind of terms of photographers visiting their facility. I've
never photographed there, and never will as long as their policy demands
that I give them my work product with no compensation.
I can accept "work for hire" rules, but I got to be paid.
If there's no payment, they can take their restrictive terms of use and
put 'em where the sun don't shine.
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