Adobe "tell your story" question...

SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
edited October 18, 2006 in The Big Picture
Tell your story...

What rights are we giving Adobe by submiting images to this? There is no info on the site that I could see.

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  • ChrisJChrisJ Registered Users Posts: 2,164 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2006
    truth wrote:
    Tell your story...

    What rights are we giving Adobe by submiting images to this? There is no info on the site that I could see.

    If you click to submit, you can get to the agreement:
    Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Gallery Terms of Use

    By submitting your content to the Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom™ Gallery you agree as follows:


    You are the original developer of the content, including, but not limited to, the material, text, data, and other works of authorship used in the content.

    You agree to give Adobe a worldwide, royalty free, nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, distribute, publicly perform and display the content, your name and biographical information, for the purpose of posting on the Adobe Tell Your Story Photoshop Lightroom Gallery and displaying by Adobe at PhotoPlus Expo, November 2-4, 2006.

    You will indemnify and hold Adobe harmless from any claim related to the content, including any claim by a third-party that your project infringes any copyright, patent, trademark, trade-secret, rights of privacy or publicity, or any other intellectual-property right.

    IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE PRECEDING, OR IF YOU DO NOT OWN OR HAVE RIGHTS TO EVERY ELEMENT OF THE CONTENT, DO NOT SUBMIT TO THE ADOBE TELL YOUR STORY PHOTOSHOP LIGHTROOM GALLERY. YOU WILL BE FINANCIALLY LIABLE TO ANY THIRD-PARTY THAT OWNS ANY ELEMENT OF THE SUBMITTED PROJECT.
    Chris
  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2006
    Neat photos
    One guy was a smugmugger! I've posted this to my del.icio.us so I can check it later on.
    http://www.deegolden.smugmug.com
    http://www.twitter.com/deegolden
  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited October 18, 2006
    Thanks ChrisJ.

    " You agree to give Adobe a worldwide, royalty free, nonexclusive license to use, reproduce, distribute, publicly perform and display the content, your name and biographical information, for the purpose of posting on the Adobe Tell Your Story Photoshop Lightroom Gallery and displaying by Adobe at PhotoPlus Expo, November 2-4, 2006."

    Should that scare me?
  • colourboxcolourbox Registered Users Posts: 2,095 Major grins
    edited October 18, 2006
    It looks like the standard wording you find in many contests. The bad news is, the license is without compensation. The good news (apparently) is, they are not asking for exclusivity or copyright. They do not appear to be asking to take away your right to "own" your image. You can still use the image, license it to others, and retain copyright.

    I am not a lawyer, but I think that paragraph is in there so that if they like your photo so much that they want to use it as an example when they print up a brochure or make a website to promote or refer to the gallery, they don't have to come back and ask permission from each photographer. They want to take care of the licensing in advance so that they can just grab any photo out of the submissions pile and use it without any further bureaucracy.

    The other part of the language is about them wanting to make sure that they aren't going to be the subject of a lawsuit in case someone submits a gallery with photos that are copyright infringements. That's why they want entrants to certify that they aren't using someone else's photos in any part of their submission.

    Best to have your lawyer look it over though.
  • SystemSystem Registered Users Posts: 8,186 moderator
    edited October 18, 2006
    That's pretty much how I read it.
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