Calling all touring photographers...

so really its not that you (and a few others) are against losing ownership of a pic per se but more about the fact that others could be financially rewarded for them by a third party ??

I kind of see your point now. Too late for my excellent rainbow pic which will no doubt find its way into Tate at some future point

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I definitely see your point now.

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DD, spot on I sent a pic into a TV company of flooding in Nth Yorkshire, I've since seen it used twice by the TV company & part of it in a Mag. I signed the waiver so it bothers me not in the least but it does bear out what has been posted. The clever folk/professionals sign up with sites like 'Getty images' I'm not that clever

Interesting Rocky. I know folks who would be delighted their image is being used - until they realise someone else had copywrited it and is selling your image for thousands of pounds all over the world by a commercial agency (and they can and do sometimes sell for that)

A bit unlikely perhaps but then I don't know any poor intellectual property rights lawyers.

Fysh, the upsetting thing is-I won't deny I missed this bit of small print the 1st time around. . . .If I ever wanted to display my image then I'd need permission from the TV company, thankfully I can keep it on my pad. . . .Phew.

As a full time professional commercial photographer myself, it is heartening to read that so many have seen right through what is basically an image rights grab thinly disguised as a competition. The T&C's for this competition are to be treated with utmost caution.

Allegedly, any contributor may well find their submitted image being sold on without any royalties coming back to the copyright holder. Would the owners of the privately owned CL's have rights to use the images on their own websites? Would the rights to those images still be upheld by the CL owners, should they decide to switch to being a CS with the other club in the future? Without libelling myself too much, it's not difficult to figure out how the licensing of an image could make money for the rights holder, with the copyright holder (the creator) being left out of the deal.

And lets not forget, there are some very talented amateurs out there who would capture some excellent images, the cost of a 'competition prize' being far far less monetary value compared to commissioning professionals up and down the country to capture equivelant standard images.

Good post NA and food for thought.  I post quite a lot of wildlife pics on CT could there be a copyright issue with those photos?

i had a pic published in the CC magazine a couple of years ago and never considered copyright.

I for one won't be contributing to the competition 

Good post NA and food for thought.  I post quite a lot of wildlife pics on CT could there be a copyright issue with those photos?

i had a pic published in the CC magazine a couple of years ago and never considered copyright.

I for one won't be contributing to the competition 

Like Facebook and Instagram, many forums have terms and conditions you sign up to whereby if you post an image, the forum owner can make use of that image with no royalties due back to the creator. Always watermark your images if you don't wish for them to be distributed in this way. Of course, many are not concerned about receiving royalties and are just happy to see their images published, thats fine and a decision you have to make when sharing your work.

There are companies and organisations however (think Instagram) that are making billions by selling on images that have had their rights given up. All that contributors are doing is feeding their libraries and not seeing the benefits. 

Try submitting your images to a library such as Alamy, you could make money from them :)