Photo competitions and image appeals are notified to us by our contributors from around the world. Listed below are some photo competitions or image appeals promoted by the above organisation which have not met the standards set out in the Bill of Rights. If the terms and conditions of a contest or appeal fail to meet the standards set out in the Bill of Rights the organisation is added to the Rights Off List and a report such as this produced. We have listed in this report the terms and conditions which failed the Bill of Rights to help the organiser carry out a review. The extracted terms and conditions are shown below in italics. For advice on why failing to meet the standards set out in the Bill of Rights is a serious issue please read this article. If at some future date a competition organiser decides to join the Bill of Rights Supporters Group, thus ensuring that all their contests will comply with the Bill of Rights, Rights Off reports for that organisation will be unpublished. The purpose of the Bill of Rights Campaign is to provide education to the public about the value of rights and to encourage photography competition organisers to adopt the ethical practices set out in the Bill of Rights. ### Creative Cities Competition Closing Date 13th March 2008 RULES "§ 6. LICENSE 6.1. By submitting photos and videos to the Competition in the manner specified above, participants grant the British Council a worldwide, royalty-free license, and perpetual (for the duration of the applicable copyright or other exclusive right) license to: a) use the photos and videos; b) reproduce them (including the following means of reproduction: printing, reprography, magnetic recording and digital recording); c) distribute them (including the offering of this material on the market or the lending of this material for use without remuneration or leasing); and d) display and perform (including by public performance, playing, screening, performing playback, broadcasting and retransmitting, as well as making the photos and videos publicly available so that anyone may access them in a place and time chosen by them).
6.2. Participants also allow the British Council to prepare, use, reproduce, distribute, display and perform derivative works of the photos and videos. 6.3. The British Council may sub-license the photos and videos as well as transfer the license to a third party without the prior consent of any of the participants. 6.4. The British Council shall respect the moral rights of the participants by indicating their authorship whenever the photos or videos are communicated to the public, in a way customary for the given type of media. Any other obligations of the British Council are expressly excluded. 6.5. For the avoidance of doubt, the British Council may use any photos or videos submitted to the Competition in a manner consistent with the above license. The British Council is not obliged to publish or distribute in any other form any photos or videos." The British Council have said that they "will certainly take advantage of Pro-Imaging's advice when designing competitions in future", and went on to say that for this competition they "will not use the photos longer than for two years" and "discuss further details of cooperation with the final winners". Pro-Imaging welcome these statements from the British Council, but we note too that the rules of this competition as published remain unchanged, and that these statements, while encouraging, are not clear enough to fully comply with our Bill of Rights. SPONSORS None listed CONTACT
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You can help the Bill of Rights campaign by complaining to the organiser urging them to change their terms and conditions. If time is at a premium for you we have prepared a complaint email which you can copy and send to the organiser. The Bill of Rights campaign depends on your active support, your help will make a difference. Updated on 12th June 2008
The Bill of Rights Standards for Photography Competitions
Competitions which meet all the standards set out in the Bill of Rights do not do any of the following - We have written an Organisers Guide to the Bill of Rights to help organisers draft terms and conditions that respect the rights of entrants and at the same time provide legal protection for the organiser.
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The above text may be reproduced providing a link is given to the Bill of Rights For Photography Competitions. Any text reproduced above in italics has been extracted from a competition website for the purposes of review. Organisations who would like to be promoted as a Bill of Rights Supporter and have their competitions promoted on the Rights On List can use this contact form. One of the campaign team will get in touch with you. |
