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Nat Geo Readers Submit Pictures for 125th Anniversary
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<blockquote data-quote="Browncoat" data-source="post: 206453" data-attributes="member: 1061"><p>[ATTACH]55377[/ATTACH]</p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><em>(click for larger image so you can actually read it)</em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><em></em></span></p><p>More info: <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/community/terms/" target="_blank">Terms of Service</a></p><p></p><p>Aaaaand here's the part that makes photographers clinch up their butt cheeks (under Intellectual Property Issues):</p><p></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">By uploading Your Content, however, you grant National Geographic (which includes its subsidiaries, affiliates, joint venturers, and licensees) the following rights: a worldwide, perpetual license to display, distribute, reproduce, and create derivatives of Your Content, in whole or in part, without further review or participation from you, in any medium now existing or subsequently developed, in editorial, commercial, promotional, and trade uses in connection with NG Products. National Geographic may license or sublicense, in whole or in part, to third parties rights in Your Content as appropriate to distribute, market, or promote such NG Products. You also grant National Geographic permission to use and authorize others to use your name and any profile picture you provide in association with Your Content for identification, editorially, publicity related to Your Content or the Service, and for similar institutional promotional purposes. You also agree that National Geographic may make Your Content available to users of the Service who may display and redistribute it in the same way that National Geographic makes all other Content available.</li> </ul><p></p><p>After reading through the whole thing twice, I don't see where they specifically exclude themselves from collecting payments by you using the image for things outside of Nat Geo. They've sufficiently covered the bases on their own end, and even mention on several occasions that if you're due payment from Nat Geo, they'll get it to you and do their best to protect you from copyright infringement.</p><p></p><p>Seems like they are basically giving themselves a free-reign license to use your copyrighted work. At least that's how I read it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Browncoat, post: 206453, member: 1061"] [ATTACH=CONFIG]55377._xfImport[/ATTACH] [SIZE=1][I](click for larger image so you can actually read it) [/I][/SIZE] More info: [URL="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/community/terms/"]Terms of Service[/URL] Aaaaand here's the part that makes photographers clinch up their butt cheeks (under Intellectual Property Issues): [LIST] [*]By uploading Your Content, however, you grant National Geographic (which includes its subsidiaries, affiliates, joint venturers, and licensees) the following rights: a worldwide, perpetual license to display, distribute, reproduce, and create derivatives of Your Content, in whole or in part, without further review or participation from you, in any medium now existing or subsequently developed, in editorial, commercial, promotional, and trade uses in connection with NG Products. National Geographic may license or sublicense, in whole or in part, to third parties rights in Your Content as appropriate to distribute, market, or promote such NG Products. You also grant National Geographic permission to use and authorize others to use your name and any profile picture you provide in association with Your Content for identification, editorially, publicity related to Your Content or the Service, and for similar institutional promotional purposes. You also agree that National Geographic may make Your Content available to users of the Service who may display and redistribute it in the same way that National Geographic makes all other Content available. [/LIST] After reading through the whole thing twice, I don't see where they specifically exclude themselves from collecting payments by you using the image for things outside of Nat Geo. They've sufficiently covered the bases on their own end, and even mention on several occasions that if you're due payment from Nat Geo, they'll get it to you and do their best to protect you from copyright infringement. Seems like they are basically giving themselves a free-reign license to use your copyrighted work. At least that's how I read it. [/QUOTE]
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