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2009 05 01 UIS/NSS International Cave Arts and Music Salons

15th International Congress of Speleology; International Cave Arts and Music Salons

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This contest consists of ten different salons covering a wide range of artistic disciplines including music, multimedia presentations, and the visual arts. Clicking on the above title will take you to the general information page about the various salons. On that page you can use the menu by pointing to 'Salons' to access the contest rule page for each of the salons.

For photographers there are two salons, the Photo Salon to which slides and digital images can be submitted, and the Print Salon to which photographic prints can be submitted.

The competitions are organised as part of the 15th International Congress of Speleology which this year is being hosted by the National Speleological Society in the United States of America.

These competitions comply with all the conditions in the Bill of Rights.  Competitions which pass the Bill of Rights do not -

  • claim copyright
  • seek waiving of moral rights
  • fail to give a credit for all free usage.
  • add, alter, or remove metadata from digital images
  • seek usage rights other than for solely and exclusively promoting the contest. Note that a book, posters, cards, or a calendar are seen as legitimate ways of promoting the contest and defraying costs.
  • seek free usage rights in excess of 5 years
  • use the images commercially without the photographers agreement, and such commercial usage is to be rights managed and limited to 5 years.
  • make it a condition of winning that an entrant must sign a commercial usage agreement.
  • fail to publish all documents on the competition website that an entrant may have to sign
  • fail to name the judges for this or last year's competition
  • fail to explicitly state all the  organisations who will acquire rights to the images
  • set a closing date more than 18 months after the contest launch date
  • fail to make clear statements of rights claimed and how images are used.
 

Pro-Imaging Comment

This competition meets and exceeds all of the criteria listed in the bullet points above and is recommended. We believe that the rules of this contest serve as an excellent example to be aspired to by all contest organisers and exhibits great respect for the rights of artists.

Organisations - Union Internationale de Spéléologie, National Speleological Society

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