all rights in perpetuity
I was taking photos in the garden, and got really excited when I found the most gorgeous lichen growing on my bedroom windowsill!
I’d been taking photos of bugs too, since I very often do, as there are always lots of them to take photos of.
I took some photos of mud wasp nests under the windowsill, and Neil came and commented on them, so I said I had to show him something else too. I noticed it a couple of days ago and then forgot to do anything about it - a paper wasp nest in the carport. And it’s active, you can even see the little grubs in the cells in the photos I took earlier today. That will have to be burned. I think you have to do it at dusk though, when they’re inactive, so they don’t attack.
Paper Wasps in my carport by wiccked
So when we came inside I showed him the photos I’d taken, and he said I should enter the ABC bug photos competition. So I looked it up.
And I won’t be entering.
It’s not that I don’t have lots of photos of bugs. I do.
But. I actually read the Terms and Conditions.
Blue Tiger Butterfly by wiccked
First of all, since I’ve already put my photos on flickr, I can’t enter them -
# You warrant that:
1. all details provided with your entry are true and accurate;
2. you have all necessary rights and licences to grant the rights set out in these Terms and Conditions;
3. your Work is your original work and has not been previously communicated to the public;
Blue Flower Wasp by wiccked
Secondly, and this really is a bit much -
# By submitting your Work to the Promoter, you grant the Promoter and its licensees and assignees a non-exclusive licence to exercise all rights in perpetuity throughout the world in your Work and all other material provided by you to the Promoter pursuant to this Competition at any time.
# Without limiting the rights granted to the Promoter under clause 12, you acknowledge the Promoter may exercise any of the following non-exclusive rights throughout the world:
1. the right to communicate your Work in whole or in part to the public on any media platform;
# Your Work may be edited or adapted at any time by the Promoter in order to:
1. meet the requirements of broadcasting authorities;
2. adhere to any requirements of the ABC Editorial Policies (available at www.abc.net.au/corp);
3. ensure your Work meets any legal or classification requirements or to avoid any breach of law;
4. use your Work for promotional purposes; and/or
5. use your Work on other ABC media platforms.
# You acknowledge that the Promoter may allow users to view, reproduce, download and otherwise deal in the copyrights attached to and embodied in your Work. The Promoter aims to ensure that any use of your Work not authorised by the Promoter will not occur, however you acknowledge that the Promoter is not equipped with mechanisms to prevent unauthorised use of your Work, and you accept that, to the extent allowable under the law, the Promoter has no liability to you for how the end user elects to use your Work, and as such it may be permanently stored, reproduced, copied, distributed or the like, without recourse or remedy against the Promoter.
emphasis is mine.
Common Australian Crow caterpillar by wiccked
Also -
You agree that the Promoter may use your entry and any personal details provided to the Promoter for any promotional, marketing and publicity purposes of the Promoter in any media without notice and without any fee being paid to you.
And the enormous prizes they’re offering for a competition with these T&C?
The winner will receive a $100 ABC Shop gift voucher and two runners-up will each receive $50 gift vouchers.
So, enter if you like. I won’t be.
Baby Hibiscus Harlequin Bugs by wiccked
Oh, and the lichen on my windowsill?
the lichen on my windowsill by wiccked
Isn’t it gorgeous?
Originally published at The Onion
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