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A promotional Tweet appeared on my Twitter feed yesterday from international travel conglomerate British Airways. In conjunction with some other large companies it is running a photo competition. The prize is a trip to help shoot for a future ad campaign. By now some of you will have clicked away from reading this to find the comp to enter it. It's very enticing, until you read the rules.
"By entering the competition you assign to BA the complete copyright and all other rights in or to any photograph or the content contained within any entry, which shall be for the full period of copyright."
Basically, British Airways is collecting hundreds, if not thousands, of pictures without having to pay for any. They will be able to use them for anything they want, without asking the photographer, or even paying the photographer.
A lot of big competitions are doing that these days, so always read the small print.
"By entering the competition you assign to BA the complete copyright and all other rights in or to any photograph or the content contained within any entry, which shall be for the full period of copyright."
Basically, British Airways is collecting hundreds, if not thousands, of pictures without having to pay for any. They will be able to use them for anything they want, without asking the photographer, or even paying the photographer.
A lot of big competitions are doing that these days, so always read the small print.
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