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Oregon State Parks' Go Click! Photo Contest ends 1 August 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.

"All entries will become part of OPRD’s permanent photo collection and will not be returned. Entries submitted online will receive an emailed entry confirmation.

One (1) Grand Prize:

One (1) Grand Prize photograph will appear on the 2010 calendar cover, as well as be featured on one month page inside the calendar.

Eleven (11) Honorable Mention:

Eleven (11) honorable mention photographs will be featured on the remaindering calendar months.

Other uses: Photos submitted to the Contest, but not chosen, may be used in future OPRD print and online communications."

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
• Fail, Rules state 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

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

3 Commercial Usage Rights Claimed

• Fail, A statement clarifying the commercial usage position is present as per The Bill of Rights
• Fail, 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
• Fail, 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 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. However, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department have gained the right to use all submitted images for ever in any medium they choose.

We are unable to recommend this competition. 

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Organisations - Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon State

Judges - There are no details of who is going to judge this contest.

Contact - Send enquiries to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and to Bill Bradbury, the Oregon Secretary of State at \n This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

© 2008 Pro-Imaging; Last updated on 4 July 2008

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