I avoid these competitions like the plague.
So, you have a company, and you'd like some wildlife pictures on your web site and other corporate material. Well you could try Getty or Alamy where you will pay the going rate for stock images. It'll cost you a good few bob.
Or for a tiny fraction of the cost you could carry out a rights grab photo competition. In this case setting up a web page, using a free online survey provider, and offering a kindle as a prize. Fingers crossed, and this case Tate Oil has won a watch! Bingo - free photos for Tate Oil!
Now note the wording, it's not just the winning photo they get the use of, it's all the photos submitted. And note the vagueness of the wording, they can use the submitted images for pretty much anything they fancy. The use in this case does not even have to relate to the competition.
This is just another shabby shameless photo rights grab.
Quote:The entrant retains Copyright of the image but, by submitting a photo, entrants grant Tate Fuel Oils Ltd the right to reproduce the image in publicity material, on their website, Facebook page and other related sites.
So, you have a company, and you'd like some wildlife pictures on your web site and other corporate material. Well you could try Getty or Alamy where you will pay the going rate for stock images. It'll cost you a good few bob.
Or for a tiny fraction of the cost you could carry out a rights grab photo competition. In this case setting up a web page, using a free online survey provider, and offering a kindle as a prize. Fingers crossed, and this case Tate Oil has won a watch! Bingo - free photos for Tate Oil!
Now note the wording, it's not just the winning photo they get the use of, it's all the photos submitted. And note the vagueness of the wording, they can use the submitted images for pretty much anything they fancy. The use in this case does not even have to relate to the competition.
This is just another shabby shameless photo rights grab.