In a message dated 8/5/99 7:45:14 PM EST, edwardsg@xxxxxxxxx writes:
> Submissions are not returned and the Corporation claims use of all
submissions
> for ?an unlimited time.? They do not, however, claim exclusive rights.
>
> I believe most do not realize that their work has value for which they will
receive no
> consideration in return.
I don't see contests as a big way for a 100,000 employee company to make
money, unless say- a publishing subsidiary was going to use the image in a
calendar or something. What is this company going to do, use an image for the
cover of their annual report? No income potential there, IMO, for the
company. Most amateur photogs would be happy to see their image there even
without compensation.
The fact that they don't claim unlimited rights may be enough to protect
the photog from being left out of any future earnings potential, but, you
gotta figure- what's the chances of someone submitting a gem that'll make big
money?
The contests I'm most familiar with are the ones in photo mags- I think
the mag might pick up some readers and/or subscribers, and Nikon, Canon, or
whoever gets lots of nearly free exposure, I don't see that necessarily as a
rip off of the contestants. IMO- the entrants are all big boys and girls-
let them read the fine print and see what they're getting themselves and
their images into.
Just my opinion,
George S.
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