Victory for Photographer's Rights

Myself and two others recently wrote to Dorset For You expressing our disgust at its rights grabbing photography competition, Dorset For you – Share your photographs of Dorset. This was in response to the competitions terms and conditions which were unethical towards the photographers who were entering (all too common with photography competitions).

Good news.

I received a reply which you can see below;

Dear Mr Roworth

Thank you for your email pointing out your concerns with the terms and conditions of our feature asking users to share their photos of Dorset.

As a result of your email (and two other similar ones), we have now significantly altered the terms and conditions. You can see the new revised ones at http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=391319

Best regards,

Martin

This is a great victory for photographer’s rights and good business practice.

A big Thank you goes out to Dorset For You.

Share Your Photos of Dorset is now listed on the Rights On page of Pro-imaging’s Bill of Rights for photography competitions with a green light.

http://www.pro-imaging.org