What Others Say About the BoR

This page is a thank you to all who have written or published anything about the Bill of Rights. We have listed below links to the authors and publishers of all the articles and blogs which have discussed our campaign for respect for artists rights.  We thank each of you for your comments and ideas about our campaign.

If you have written an article about the Bill of Rights and its campaign for ethical terms and conditions in photography (& other creative competitions) and its not listed below, please tell us and we'll credit you here. 

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Alscott's Photozone; Article about the battle to get the Ellesse 'Sport and the City' competition terms changed with references to Pro-Imaging's competition campaign.

Alun Chun - Freelance Photographer; article about how Ellesse, part of the Pentland Group, changed the T&C's from being rights-grabbing to complying with the Bill of Rights.

Angelo Stavrow Photography; news item about the endorsement of the the Bill of Rights by the National Press Photograhers Association in the USA.

APhotoEditor; The Biggest Scam in Photography; comments following the article refer to how Pro-Imaging's  Bill of Rights campaign brought to a halt Microsoft's Iconic Britain copyright infringing competition and resulted in Nikon withdrawing from the competition.

APhotoEditor; My Guide to Photography Contests

British Institute of Professional Photographers (BIPP); Artists Bill of Rights article

Bob Krist Photography; Enter This Into Pop Photo's "Travelographer of the Year" competition!

cnet news; Microsoft in Flickr Rights Shocker

Copyright Action; Pro-Imaging launches campaign against photo competition rights grabs

Copyright Action; Pro-maging Devise a 'spoiler' Image

Darwin Wiggett - Photographer; Some Good Links to Check Out

D B Johnson Photography; Vita Photographic - Protecting Your Intellectual Property

Demotix; Supports the Artists Bill of Rights

Digital Photographer Phillipines;  A long discussion between of a rights grabbing photography contest organiser and complainants who repeatedly and at length quote the Bill of Rights.

Digital Photo News ; Nikon's Small World Contest Lads the Way

DJ:Fotograferne; Sony erklære sin støtte til Pro Imagin’s konkurrenceregler (Bill of Rights)

duckrabbit; Scruples: So what? So Everything

duckrabbit; Picture This: We Can End Poverty...

Editorial Photographers United Kingdom & Ireland; article about the launch of the Bill of Rights

Editorial Photographers United Kingdom & Ireland; PI Forces Crown Estate Climbdown

ePHOTOzine; Photographers are given a little more support

ePHOTOzine; Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition

Fair Trade Photographer; Great British Life do the Right Thing!

fotodigital-online; Nikon Aceita Regras

Gavin Gough Photographer ; Photographers' Bill of Rights

Gill Moore Photography; Photography rights grabs, erosion of freedom, the fightback begins and blogging helps

gtvone.com - Simon Pollock; Open letter to NSW Parlamentary Plein Air Photographic Prize including comments by Pro-Imaging

Husch Blackwell Sanders LLP - Dave Rein; Are You Gambling With Your Copyright By Entering That Photography Contest?

Jim M Goldstein; Bill of Rights for Photographers Proposed for Photo Contests

Jim M Goldstein; The 24th episode of 'EXIF and Beyond' discusses the Bill of Rights for Photography Competitions with Pro-Imaging's Nick Dunmur

John Koerner's Official Blog; A short article outlining the purpose of the Bill of Rights and how people can combatrights grabbing.

LicenseStream; Photography Contests: Tips and Tricks

Lynne Glazer Imagery; Giving Permission for Use Forever, Even Without Winning!

MicrostockInsider; Promoting your Stock Image Portfolio

Music Photographers Network; Rights Grabbing Photography Contracts

nikondigital.org; Forum comments about the Bill of Rights - criticised for being poorly written.

Photoxels; Are We Giving Up Too Much To Enter Photo Contests?

PhotographersDirect; Announces Support for the Bill of Rights

PhotoLegal; Photo Competitions - Petition to the Prime Minister

PhotoLegal; Bill of Rights Now Allows a Competition Winners Archive

PhotoLegal; Podcast - Competitions & Royalty Free, with Gordon Harrison from Pro-Imaging

PHOTOSHELTER; Photo Competitions: What Many Organisers Don't Want You to Know

Rob Galbraith; Short article about the launch of the Bill of Rights

Stock Photo Talk; The Corbis Poem and the European Commission - This was the competition that prompted Pro-Imaging to develop the Bill of Rights.

Stock Photo Talk; UK British Council promotes Rights Grabbing Competition

Stock Photo Talk; UK Government Agency Promotes Rights Grabbing Competition

suite101.com; Biggest Ever Copyright Infringement

Svenska Fotograffers Förbund; British Council i blåsväder: stödjer tävling för bildstölder

Telegraph.co.uk - Kate Day; GLA, Flickr and Learning From Crowds Part II

The Sydney Morning Herald; Read the Fine Print

UK Government Department of Business, Innovation and Skills 'Science So What' Facebook Page; Comments about the 'Science So What? competition, Pro-Imaging thank the UK Government for publishing this expose of their own competition.

UK Government Intellectual Property Office; Submission to IPO by freelance photographer to assist the UK government draft better copyright laws, see comments on page 4 of submission.

WebVivan; Iconic Britain: Microsoft and Nikon Admit Faults

Your Photo Tips by Damien Franco; The Photographers Bill of Rights