I was most impressed by the claim of ownership over any photographs
"every taken" at their events. Implies they have had this wordy piece
of crap since their event #1, and that anyone with a camera has read
and signed it.
I suspect an amateur organizer who was too cheap to pay a lawyer. The
statement is bogus, and should be ignored as it deserves.
On Aug 19, 2009, at 11:26 , Bob W wrote:
It's their event, they can make the rules. If it was something I was
interested in then I would either not take photos or, if I did take
photos
and they wanted to exercise their so-called rights I would see how
far they
were prepared to go before I decided whether or not to cave in. For
example,
if they requested copies I would simply not give them any and see
what they
were going to do about it. If it seriously looked as if it was going
to go
to court, then I might give them a high quality 20x30-pixel copy,
with no
watermark of course. Then we can argue about the meaning of the term
'high
quality'.
I suspect this sort of thing would never get to court - I don't
think it's
been drafted by a competent lawyer, and it would be laughed at. For
example,
the statement "EBC retains the right" presupposes that they have the
right
in the first place, which they don't. Ditto "EBC retains ownership"
- they
aren't the owners of your photographs in the first place, so they
can't
retain ownership. They might claim it, but unless you expressly give
ownership away they can go swivel on my pinky.
Joseph McAllister
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