The Competition
Hackney Empire Digital Photography Xhibition Quest
Ends 31 May 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.
"1.6 - The entrant declares and HEL recognizes that he/she is the only copyright holder of the material submitted. By entering the Hackney Spice Xhibition Quest 2008, the photographer gives permission to HEL to use the material submitted to the contest in eventual exhibitions resulting from the contest and in all promotional material relating to the Hackney Spice Xhibition Quest 2008. HEL hereby reserves the non-exclusive right to publish the entries of category winners and of short listed nominees in brochures or materials directly related to the Hackney Spice Xhibition Quest 2008 for a period of no more than 12 months from the date of the announcement of the winners without any remuneration being due to the photographer. HEL will ensure due recognition and acknowledgement to the photographer. After the expiry of the 12 months period, HEL will negotiate on a case-by-case basis compensation to the photographer for any subsequent use of the material. The photographer declares that to the best of his/her knowledge no third party can claim any rights on the material submitted. The photographer also confirms that each person depicted in the image(s) has granted permission to be portrayed as shown."
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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