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Corbis Corporation t/a Corbis Australia Pty Ltd *, #USA

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ensuring that all their contests will comply with the Bill of Rights, Rights Off reports for that organisation will be unpublished.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.

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Creatives Behind The Lens

Closing Date 4th September 2009

RULES

5. Grant of Rights:
By submitting an entry, you grant Sponsor the irrevocable and perpetual, royalty-free, worldwide right to assign, use, publish, edit, adapt, modify, alter, reproduce, distribute, broadcast, display, copyright, create derivative works in any media now known or hereinafter developed, for commercial or non-commercial use, and without compensation to you. For the avoidance of doubt, Corbis does not intend to and will not be licensing your photograph to third parties for monetary gain.

Further, by entering the Contest, you warrant and represent that your photograph is your own original work created by you, is true and verifiable, has not been previously published, has not won a previous prize or award; that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to your photograph (including, without limitation, the rights to any persons appearing in the photograph) and that your photograph does not violate any law, regulation or any right of any third-party, including but not limited to rights of copyright, publicity and privacy. Submitting a photograph that is copyrighted by another individual will make you responsible for any legal action the legal copyright holder might take against you or Corbis.

By entering the Contest, each entrant waives any and all rights he or she may have to the photograph including any so-called moral rights to demand that they are credited as the photographer whenever the image is reproduced and to complain and claim damages if the image is subjected to derogatory treatment.

SPONSORS

#D&AD  #Campaign Brief  #Group Momentum  #Asahi

CONTACT 

Contact the organiser using the email addresses shown on the Corbis press contacts page.

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 25th November 2010

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 -

© Bill of Rights Supporters Group

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.