What do you think?
Igor
I think that every one (like many thousand photographers) who thinks that
their proposition "By clicking the Submit button...etc." is ridiculous,
should use the box "Additional info" to say "By clicking the Submit button I
do not at all agree...etc."
What's EBC anyway?
Those terms make everyone involved in the EBC look ridiculous too. Tell them
so.
Britney Spears tried to pull off a similar one when recently touring Sweden,
demanding that all photographers transferred all rights to their pictures to
her (!) after a few weeks. All major newspapers refused and not a single
picture of her show was published in the papers.
If I recall correctly also the Spice Girls tried to do the same a long time
ago with similar results, except that they also were booed at because of
that.
Lasse
From: "Igor Roshchin" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 6:52 PM
Subject: Ugly event terms for photographers - What do you think?
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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