Close-up Photographer of the Year 02
Emanuele Biggi, Namibs Gaze, CUPOTY 2Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) is an annual competition showcasing the best close-up, macro and micro photography from around the world.
The competition is open to all, using any type of camera, including a mobile phone, or microscope. To find out more visit www.cupoty.com.
And, see our news story to learn more about the competition.
This competition meets all the standards set out in
the Artists Bill of Rights
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- claim copyright
- claim exclusive use
- seek waiving of moral rights
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- add, alter, or remove metadata from submissions
- seek usage rights other than for promoting the contest and no other purpose. 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 submissions commercially without the entrant's agreement, and such commercial usage is to be subject to a freely negotiated license independently of the competition.
- 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 submissions
- set a closing date more than 18 months after the contest launch date
- fail to make clear statements of rights claimed and how submissions are used.
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