Competition Time
Every now and then a photography competition comes along which is entirely ethical and respects photographers copyright. I’m sure by now everyone is well aware of the TV and News exploiting the “Citizen Journalism” situation, you know the one, where they say “you act as a free photojournalist for us, and we get to keep your photo, own your copyright, use it in perpetuity and in return we’ll give you 15 minutes of fame“.
But today I saw The Daily Telegraph, sponsoring The Adventure Travel Show and along with it they’re also publicizing the cunningly named Daily Telegraph Adventure Travel Show Photography Competition. The really great thing about this is that firstly it appears to be a proper photography competition that’s open to non-professionals, which is cool, and we always need more of those, but along with that it also has proper Terms & Conditions including this gem:
It’s important to note, however, that you still own the copyright to the photo that you contribute to the competition and that if your image is accepted as the winner; we will publish your name alongside it on the website gallery. We cannot guarantee that all pictures will be used and we reserve the right to edit your comments.
Now how cool is that!?! I realise that it’s not an uncommon thing to see in photography competitions and should be the norm, it’s just nice to see it from a competition organised and sponsored by a daily newspaper. The competition runs to Midnight on 4th January 2008, so be sure to get your entries in before that, and good luck!!
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