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Photographer Judge Resigns from 'Contest'
On 19th December we published a story about Random House Group, the largest general interest trade publisher in the world. They want photographers to supply, for free, a cover photograph for a new edition of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist story. Random House presented the 'work for free' project as a 'competition' entitled "shoot a cover for a new Vintage edition of Oliver Twist". However, it is a competition with no prize for the winner, nor any payment for work done, nor any royalties for the use of the winners work, the winner also has to waive their moral rights. Three judges were originally listed for this contest, now only two are listed.
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Show Me the Monet; Improved Terms & Conditions
About three weeks ago we published a story concerning the BBC TV show "Show Me the Monet". The BBC have commissioned a second ten part series of this program from Lucky Day Productions. The program will follow the fortunes of artists from the UK as they compete for a place at the 'Show Me the Monet' exhibition which will be held at the Royal College of Art in London. Our story reported a number of concerns with the terms and conditions that artists had to comply with in order to participate in the competition.
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International Taste & Quality Institute (iTQi) supports Artists Bill of Rights
In 2012, iTQi is launching its first, international, Superior Photo Award. The Institute, based in Brussels, already works towards promoting the creations of producers of food and drink and now the goal is to do the same for photography enthusiasts. All members of iTQi are looking forward to seeing the different interpretations of the chosen theme "Great taste in food" and hope to supply photographers with a good platform to develop and expose their passion.
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The Joy of Working for Nothing
Most of us will have enjoyed a Charles Dickens story through reading his books or seeing them portrayed in a film or TV drama. Dickens created a wonderful cast of unforgettable characters. They were bound up in stories that frequently touched on the injustices in contemporary society and highlighted the appalling poverty suffered by people in its lower strata. His books have never been out of print, a fact that is popular with publishers. The Random House Group, the largest general-interest trade publisher in the world according to Wikipedia, are planning to publish a new edition of Oliver Twist and for that they need a new cover photograph.
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Google+ Now Preserves Copyright Metadata
One month ago we that all metadata, including copyright metadata, was deleted from the images displayed on Google+ pages. We discovered during our investigation that Google+ did preserve the metadata on its servers, but by removing it from the displayed images it rendered them as orphan works. The only official comment that we know Google made about this came from the Google+ Photo Community Manager, Brian Rose, who said that displayed images were "optimised for consumption", i.e. metadata is deleted. As far as we know Google made no other announcement about this, but yesterday we heard from another photographer that things seemed to have changed recently.
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