I think you've got it right, Gary. They're looking for something for
nothing. And naive photographers are giving it to them. 'Contest'
indeed. This is candy from a baby time. I'd love to know what company is
getting away with this.
George
Gary Edwards wrote:
>
> I?m looking for OM List members? opinions to serve as a sanity check for
> mine.
>
> A very large corporation (100,000+ employees) is conducting its third
> annual photo contest. The stated objective is to obtain images for the
> Corporate intranet image data base. Photographs must have been made on
> employees? time and off company property. The images in this database
> are available for free use within the Corporation, and on request,
> outside the Corporation. Credit for the photographer on usage is
> requested but not required (and, in fact, is seldom given). The
> corporation chooses the images added to the database from ALL images
> submitted, not just winners or finalists. There are only three winners
> in the contest. Those three winners each receive C*n*n cameras with
> consumer grade zoom lenses. Ten finalists will be published and
> credited in a spread in the monthly Corporate newsletter, but absolutely
> no compensation is given to other submitters. Submissions are not
> returned and the Corporation claims use of all submissions for ?an
> unlimited time.? They do not, however, claim exclusive rights.
>
> As I see this, the Corporation is conducting this contest to obtain
> uncompensated use of employees? personal work, at very modest overall
> expense. Heck of a deal for them. Certainly, some employees accept this
> in return for the chance at a camera or at publication. I believe most
> do not realize that their work has value for which they will receive no
> consideration in return. Although the Corporation does state the rules
> up front, that doesn?t make it right, IMO. Such photo contests are
> common and I have always felt that photo contests conducted this way are
> scams. Honest contest promoters claim rights only to images that they
> pay for, either with a prize or other tangible compensation, also IMO.
>
> What do you think?
>
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