The Competition
Jamtopia Concert Photo Contest 2008
Ends 30 September 2008
The Rules of this Contest
Listed below are extracts from the rules of this competition. These extracts detail the rights being claimed from entrants.
"License
Entrants retain the copyright for their photos!
By entering the Contest, all entrants grant an irrevocable non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to Jamtopia and Jambase, Jambands.com, and Relix, and Bob Minkin Photography ("Authorized Parties") to reproduce, publish, promote, distribute, and publicly display the entry (without limitation or further compensation to entrant) solely and exclusively in connection with the Contest and promotion of the Contest, in any media now or hereafter known, for a period of no more than 3 years from the date of the announcement of the winners.
Any use of the entry as described above will include name attribution to the entrant.
Additionally, by entering, all entrants grant to Jamtopia and Authorized Parties the unrestricted right to use all statements made in connection with the Contest solely and exclusively in connection with the Contest and promotion of the Contest for a period of no more than 3 years from the date of the announcement of the winners.
For any usage of entries or statements beyond this 5 year period, Jamtopia and Authorized Parties will seek the permission and agreement from the entrant before using their image(s).
Entries will not be used in commercial products or merchandise nor licensed commercially. Should commercial opportunities arise, the entrant will be notified and will be free to negotiate terms independent of the competition. Entrants may decline any commercial usage license offer and such action will not affect their chances in the contest."
"If Jamtopia elects to cancel or terminate the Contest, Jamtopia will not retain any rights to the submitted photographs."
This contest meets every requirement of the The Bill of Rights.
For further information please visit the competition website.
Complies with the Bill of Rights
This competition meets all the standards set out in
the Bill of Rights For Artists
Competitions which comply with the conditions set out in the Bill of Rights For Artists do not -
- claim copyright
- seek waiving of moral rights
- fail to give a credit for all free usage
- add, alter, or remove metadata from the works
- seek usage rights other than for solely and exclusively promoting the contest. Note that a book, posters, cards, or a calendar are seen as legitimate ways of promoting the contest and defraying costs
- seek free usage rights in excess of 3 years
- use the works commercially without the creators agreement, and such commercial usage is to be rights managed and limited to 3 years.
- make it a condition of winning that an entrant must sign a commercial usage agreement
- fail to publish all documents on the competition website that an entrant may have to sign
- fail to name the judges for this or last year's competition
- fail to explicitly state all the organisations who will acquire rights to the works
- set a closing date more than 18 months after the contest launch date
- fail to make clear statements of rights claimed and how the works are used
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