Actually, they don't want you to photograph their events, which is the
whole point. They could of simply have prohibited all photography, if
the event is happening in a private location, that's perfectly within
their rights. However they didn't want to deal with people who just
wanted to take a few snaps complaining that photography was prohibited.
So they've set up restrictions that pretty much guarantee that no one
will bother. The problem is that the prohibition would have been
perfectly legal, (and unenforceable, except by ejecting anyone who was
caught breaking the rules), and their "contract" is not legal and is not
enforceable.
John Sessoms wrote:
From: "Lasse Karlsson"
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
And that, in my opinion, is the way to deal with something like this.
Tell them you don't accept their terms and won't photograph their
event for them. Tell them why. If enough photographers do so, they'll
get the message.
In the meantime, I'll photograph at events where they don't have such
onerous terms, and avoid involving myself in unwanted litigation.
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