----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ann Sanfedele" > Subject: Defining "previously Published" for a photo contest > > >> Smithsonian contest coming up - >> One of the rules is " No previously published >> works". Is a photo in the PUG >> considered published? Is a photo on my homepage >> previously published?
My guess is that provision is there to protect the Smithsonian against copyright infringement lawsuits from other publications. Where you retain all rights with anything you submit to the PUG, you just give them permission to display the image, I would not consider it published. I would get a complete set of rules from the Smithsonian before submitting, paying close attention to what rights you are signing off by submitting an image. Butch Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Hermann Hesse (Demian)
