[LRflex] Re: National Geographic photo-contest controversey

  • From: "David Young" <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 06:39:28 -0800


On 17 Dec 2010 at 0:00, Doug Herr wrote:

> What I have a problem with is the contest rules that grant NG the perpetual 
> right to use all 
>submitted photos in any way they see fit.  
>A $10,000 grand prize would be sweet but the odds of holding a winning lottery 
>ticket may 
>be just as good as the odds of winning the
>grand prize and with the lottery I don't give my photos away (and for the 
>record I don't buy 
>lottery tickets either).

I agree, Doug.  I don't buy lottery tickets, or enter contests, for the same 
reason.  And, 
regrettably, the rule about granting perpetual rights to the sponsor, whether 
you win, or not, is  
all too common.

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