It´s a pretty new site. So new that first challange has not startet.
You will dicide how you will use this site, As a Challanger or as a Judge. 3 categoris is there, A Candid Shot, that is Challanges with photos straight from the camera, A Digital Photography where all sorts of post-processing techniques is allowed and the last category is PhotoArt where evrething allowed.
I'm liking this PhotoArt idea, thanks for the scoop. I sense yet another addiction coming along like the one that's been haunting me since I joined DPC in January. I haven't missed a challenge yet, even from the 24-hour ones.
The Member grants PhoTournament.com a nonexclusive right, on a worldwide basis, to publish, use, adapt, edit, store, display, copy and/or modify such photograph in any way, in any and all media (including electronic media and on the Web Site), without limitation, and without consideration to the Member.
Okay... i really liked that site untill i saw what vmagic118 had to say...
Checked it out and on the bottom of the page it says:
*The photos submitted to the PhoTournaments are copyright of the respective authors. I dont have time to look at these rules now. But i deffinetly will.
I think this is a standard agreement when posting online info - they are basically saying that if you post something here, they can use it to help promote the site. Of course, "I Am Not A Lawyer", so who knows...
Dave is essentially correct. So long as the license is non-exclusive and you are sending in low-resolution images, it would not be practical for a site to attempt any real commercial use (as compared with promotional use). You would also have the right to make use of or license the image subsequently.
The only real risk would be in the event that a commercial customer wants to buy exclusive rights/complete ownership of an image for which you've already granted this previous license. I don't plan on selling any of my images outright anyway (and no one's been asking me to either) so I can't see this being a real problem. I am 99% sure the site would give you a photo credit if they used your image on, for example, a company coffee mug. I suspect for most of us non-pro photographers that's a fair enough trade. If you are a "real" pro, you probably don't have time to be messing around internet contest sites.
