Pro-Imaging

Gannet Co t/a Newsquest Media t/a Bournemouth Daily Echo

About this Organisation

Gannett, headquartered in the USA, say they are an international media and marketing solutions company providing millions of people with the the information they want; and connecting them to their communities of interest through multiple platforms including internet, mobile, newspapers, magazines and TV. The Newsquest Media Group is a UK subsidiary of Gannett reaching their customers through more than 200 weekly news papers, magazines., etc., etc. The Bournemouth Daily Echo is one of Newsquest's publications.

About this Report

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ensuring that all their contests will comply with the Bill of Rights, Rights Off reports for that organisation will be unpublished.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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Spectacular sunset possible this evening due to volcanic ash - send us your photos!

Appeal for image donations made at 1:44pm on Thursday 15 April 2010

RULES

This was not a competition, just an appeal for images, as a charity would. On Thursday 15 April the The Bournemouth Daily Echo said-

"A "spectacularly red sunset" has been predicted this evening by Dr David Rothery, a volcano researcher from the UK's Open University, due to the volcanic ash drifting across the country. Get your camera at the ready, and if you get the chance to take a picture, we’d love to see it. You can email your images to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it "

We looked at the terms and conditions to see what they would do with these photos, this is what happens -

11. Your responsibilities

You are legally responsible for material you post or submit and you understand that by doing so you intend it to be published on the website. Such material may include without limitation words, artwork, pictures (still or moving) and sound. You give us free of charge the non-exclusive, sub-licensable right to edit, delete, copy, translate, create derivative works from, publish, broadcast, transmit, distribute, perform, make available to the public or otherwise use and re-use material contributed by you (or not use it) on the website and its community forums, reader comments and blogs and associated publications, and in any other media (now known or later developed) worldwide for the full term of any rights that may exist in your contribution (including any renewals or extensions) and you waive any moral rights in your contribution for these purposes.

13. You acknowledge that all rights, including copyright and database rights, for any content on the website (including Newsquest trade names and logos) or which is submitted by you belong to us or are licensed by you to us for the purposes in 11 above.

PRO-IMAGING COMMENT

That seems quite clear, you give Newsquest Media Group the right to use your submission to them for ever, in any way they like, without payment, and you lose your moral right to object to how your submission may be used.

However paragraph 13 seems to indicate that Newsquest even claim the copyright for anything you submit. If our reading of that paragraph is correct, and we believe it is, then you could be sued by Newsquest Media for using your own photograph without first obtaining their permission.

SPONSORS

None listed

CONTACT 

To contact Newsquest/Bournemouth Echo Editor use this email address - This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it and use this form to contact Gannett.

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.

Alternatively you can complain by submitting the free photo we have created to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or text it to 80360 as per the instructions here.

The Bill of Rights campaign depends on your active support, your help will make a difference.

Updated on 16 April 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.