---- Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > The City of Toronto is holding a photography contest via Flickr [*]. > They plan to use winning pictures in official city business. > > I did a double-take at this clause in the agreement [**]: > > - You waive all moral rights in any of your winning photos and photos > that receive honourable mention. > > Is that a reasonable condition (or even legal) ?
Probably legal and pretty much standard, these days. I used to get all upset about intellectual property rights but I am beginning to think it's an outdated concept. If you produce something and place it in the public domain, no matter what conditions you assign, it _will_ (without a shadow of a doubt) be plagiarised, stolen, copied or otherwise used by individuals without acknowledgement. If you wish to retain your rights you have to follow up any small theft or you could be accused of allowing your rights to cede by not defending them. Is it worth the effort for you? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
