Fuck 'em! If they were any good, I would have heard of them before this.
I am kind of surprised I missed the "swing-dance event in Raleigh, NC" thread, since that's where I live.
As to whether it would stand up in court, it seems to me to be the same legal basis as "End User License Agreements" for software. So, I think if you sign it they can screw you. If you don't want to get screwed don't sign the one sided "contract".
From: Igor Roshchin
I thought this story might be of interest to some PDMLers. A new case of right-grabbing agreement at a musical event: http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2187922/photographers-protest-stone-roses-concert-rules http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/06/29/musicphotographyboycott This reminded me of my own experience: Some of you may remember me posting here in 2009 about some ugly copyright rules for photographers at a regular swing-dance event in Raleigh, NC, "Eastern Balboa Championships", where the organizer(s) claimed the ownership of all your photos taken at the event: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg509934.html There was a long discussion thread, where some PDMLers suggested that it wouldn't stand in court. The dpreview article addresses that: "There is a fairly widely-held (and false) belief among music photographers that contracts like the one issued by the Stone Roses could never be enforced legally, and as such, their attitude is 'sign and be damned'. But it's a risk, and a risk that some photographers, it seems, are tired of taking. In my opinion, they shouldn't have to." While this is just a personal opinion, but the one that I would side with.
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