Canon, The Assignment ends 1 May 2008

The Rules of this Contest

Listed below are extracts from the rules of this competition. These extracts detail the rights being claimed from entrants.

"4.1.1 All Users expressly agree that by entering into the Competition (whether national Competition or the Assignment), he/she automatically grants to Canon the non-exclusive, free of charge and royalty-free right to sub-license to members of the Canon Group in Europe Middle East and Africa, use, reproduce and/or display in any format and support any Photograph that he/she uploads on this Website or, if relevant, that he/she takes during the Assignment, for the purpose of supporting and promoting internally and externally on the Internet and in Europe Middle East and Africa for a period of two years from the date of entering the Competition:

a. internal and external exhibitions and events that exhibit entries to this Competition

b. use in presentations that refer to this Competition

c.hardcopy or electronic publications or manuals about this Competition"

"4.1.2 Provided that Canon and its affiliates act within the scope of the license provided above, User expressly acknowledge Canon and its affiliates’ right to treat User’s Photograph at their sole discretion, and with this respect waive any right to inspect or approve any printed or electronic use of the Photographs in relation to the above-mentioned purposes."

"4.1.3 Canon and its affiliates shall always identify User as the author of the Photograph for any use of the Photograph licensed by User to Canon and its affiliates under clauses 4.1.1 just above."

"4.1.4 In the event that Canon or a member of the Canon Group in Europe Middle East and Africa wishes to use a Photograph for a period longer than two years or outside the scope of the purposes described above, Canon or that member will contact you to ask for your consent."

"4.1.5 Except as expressly provided under these Terms and Conditions, no license or right, express or implied is hereby conveyed or granted by User to Canon and its affiliates or by Canon and its affiliates to User in relation to any intellectual property of User or Canon and its affiliates."

Results of Testing the Rules

Listed below are the results of the tests we carried out on this competition's rules. The tests are all based on the standards set out in The Bill of Rights. By adopting these standards competition organisers can create competition rules that meet the needs of organisers and are fair and respectful to the rights of entrants. For each test a result is given which can be Pass of Fail. Competitions that pass all these tests go on The Rights On List, those that don't go on The Rights Off List.

If the rules are vague and we cannot determine whether the rules pass a particular test or not the result is shown as Unclear.  Where a test is not necessary the result is shown as N/A.

Click on any result below for more information about that specific test.

1 Copyright & Moral Rights 

• Pass, All photographers entering the contest retain their copyright
• Pass, The contest does not require any entrants to waive moral rights
• Pass, A credit is always given to the photographer when the image is published
  
• Pass, All the documents that must be completed by each entrant to participate in or win a contest are shown
  

2 Free Usage Durations Claimed

• Pass, The organisers free usage is time limited as per The Bill of Rights
  
• Pass, The sponsors free usage is time limited as per The Bill of Rights
• Pass, Book usage is time limited as per The Bill of Rights
  
• Pass, free usage only promotes the contest or is used for a book 

3 Commercial Usage Rights Claimed

• Pass, Commercial usage is rights managed & time limited as per The Bill of Rights
• Pass, Entrants are not required to sign commercial usage licenses

4 Declarations

• Pass, The organisations that acquire rights are all named
• Pass, This (or last) years Judges are named along with brief bio details

5 Contest End Date

• Pass, The contest end date is within 16 months of the contest being announced

Conclusions

This contest meets every requirement of the The Bill of Rights.

This contest is recommended. 

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Organisations - CANON EUROPA NV ,

Judges - "The Jury consists of three experts within the field of Photography" and "Out of the Finalists a professional photographer will select the Category Winners".  The Professional photographer is "award-winning photographer Vicki Couchman."

Contact - Send enquiries and views about this contest to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

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