A petition has been added to the UK government’s website regarding the common practice of companies holding competitions for photographs, and grabbing all rights to all entries as part of the terms and conditions.
These competitions rely on people not reading the terms and conditions, or finding them difficult to understand. The images provided by the large numbers of photographers (mainly consumers) who enter these competitions are of great value to these companies in marketing campaigns and advertising, use on products and packaging and even in some cases resale and syndication.
The petition asks the Prime Minister to look at this issue during the Government’s current review of intellectual property law, and to examine the ‘Artists Bill of Rights’ promoted by the photographic organisation ‘Pro-Imaging’.
Please sign up (UK citizens only I think) at http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/PhotoCompetition/
