| 2008 05 02 Adobe Design Achievement Awards |
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Adobe Design Achievement Awards ends 2 May 2008 The Rules of this ContestListed below are extracts from the rules of this competition. These extracts detail the rights being claimed from entrants. "The semifinalists will be asked to donate the entry to the program for special purposes in support of extending the program in the community, such as providing semifinalists’ work to elementary or primary schools to inspire students" "Finalists will be required to sign and return a liability release, declaration of eligibility, license agreement, and, where lawful, a publicity consent agreement, all within ten (10) days of receipt by winner as a condition of receiving a prize." "Each Contestant agrees that if his or her entry is selected as a Finalist entry, as a condition of receiving a prize, Contestant shall sign a license agreement granting to Sponsor a royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide license to use, reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, modify for purposes of publicly performing and publicly displaying, and prepare derivative works based upon winner's entry, for the purposes of advertising and promoting Adobe products, and for inclusion in and distribution with Adobe products. To the extent that such a perpetual license is ineffective or unenforceable, Contestant shall sign a license agreement providing to Sponsor a royalty-free, non-exclusive, two-year (2), worldwide license to use, reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, modify for purposes of publicly performing and publicly displaying, and prepare derivative works based upon winner’s entry, for the purposes of advertising and promoting Adobe products, and for inclusion in and distribution with Adobe products." "Each Contestant further agrees to execute any and all documents necessary to effectuate such license. Each Contestant agrees that by submitting an entry, he or she allows the use of his or her personal data, name, likeness, and/or voice in publicity or advertising relating to the Contest without compensation." Results of Testing the RulesListed 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
2 Free Usage Durations Claimed
3 Commercial Usage Rights Claimed
4 Declarations
5 Contest End Date
ConclusionsThis contest fails The Bill of Rights because -
If you submit an image to this contest, although you can continue to license your image non-exclusively, you will lose forever the right to exclusively license your image. This contest is not recommended. ### Organisations - Adobe Systems Inc., iStockphoto, MAXON, Nokia, Xerox, X-Rite, Mohawk Fine Papers, Netdiver, Original City Pictures, Saturday Night Magazine, The Creative Group, TransPerfect, Xerox Premier Partners, Behance, CMYK Magazine, Communication Arts, IdN, SXSW Interactive, TheKDU, tomatic Judges Emily Chang, Ideacodes | Designer and Co-Founder | Contact Contact - Send enquiries and views about this contest to Adobe and to any of the judges.
© 2008 Pro-Imaging; Last updated on April 2008 The above text may be reproduced providing the Pro-Imaging copyright notice is displayed with a link to the Pro-Imaging website. Text reproduced above in quotes has been extracted from the competition website for the purposes of review in this report. NB. If the competition rules are changed after updated date shown above it is the competition organisers responsibility to notify Pro-Imaging of changes made. |
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