Artists Rights

http://artists-bill-of-rights.org/competition-lists/rights-on-list/


This link takes you a website which lists all the competitions which are following the standards of the "Artists Bill Of Rights" They also have a list have a list of competitions that do not follow this standard.


The Artists Bill Of Rights

This is a set of guidelines/rules devised for competition organisers to follow, this was created because of many competitions were using peoples entered photographs for their own purpose and 'stealing' copyright.

Many companies do not want to pay for permission to use images and these competitions were hosted with the purpose of collecting images. In some cases there would be no prize given and some contestants were even asked to pay in order for their work to be published in the book.

After the bill was introduced many contests started following this ethic practice, however not all competitions do so it will be helpful to know which have the photographers best in mind.