Chris Barton's Fairtradephotographer blog points out a hideous rights grab and free content trawl by our old friends Archant, this time for Great British Life magazine.
It's the usual stuff:
By submitting any material to Archant, You automatically grant Archant the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, edit, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such material (in whole or part) worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in such content.
John pushed Archant and was told "no payment". As usual, we get a byline for our work, they get the cash for our work.
But he has a good idea as payback for this unfairtrade. It is to give lots of inward links mentioning Great British Life but pointing to his blog about their ethics so that Google will make their practice rather embarassingly obvious. We've seen this before. Last years outrage at the National Trust policy on photography drove their own sites way down Google's ranking. Anyone looking for NTPicture Library had to scroll past several mentions that spewed criticism at NTPL. It wasn't a deliberate tactic, it just worked out that way, but it probably made their eyes water and helped them toward their recently announced rehabilitation.
So, in support of this fair trade initiative, here is John's code that he would like you to copy and paste into your web page, blog or anywhere Google will see it:
Just to confirm that the new rules are indeed a great deal more reasonable, only spoiled somewhat by the potential usage of "all entries" instead of just winning ones. Hopefully the next time Archant organise a competition they'll get it right first time.
©A admin
Hi,
Please note that the Great British Life terms and conditions have been revised,
http://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/article/revised-terms-and-conditions-g...
Many thanks,
Team Great British Life
And another thing!
Just been offered "free photobooks" on Facebook and lo, another rights grab! Full text at http://corporate.familylink.com/tos.htm but here's the catchall para:
"You retain your rights to any Content you submit, post or display on or through the Services. By submitting, posting or displaying Content on or through the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute such Content in any and all media or distribution methods (now known or later developed).
This license is you authorizing us to make your content available and to let others do the same. But what’s yours is yours – you own your content.
You agree that this license includes the right for FamilyLink to make such Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals who partner with FamilyLink for the syndication, broadcast, distribution or publication of such Content on other media and services, subject to our terms and conditions for such Content use."
In other words: "What's your's is ours"
Just checking Photobox..... hmmm - no overt rights grab there! But who knows what's woven into the wording here? A lawyer, you say..... don't have one!
I posted this info to a french photographers forum.
searching "great british life" in Google (in France) brings Chris Barton's blog as #1, your site as #2 and my post on the french forum as #3...
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