On Feb 9, 2006, at 9:45 AM, frank theriault wrote:
It's all been quite unseemly, and Doug is right, we should all hang our collective heads in shame. The list as a whole has misbehaved. I accept some responsibility, not because I started the thread, but just because I'm here. This used to be a pretty cool place to be.
A similar thing happened when Fuji solicited photos last year. The pro community in NYC got wind of it and raised hell. I think Fuji just quietly withdrew the idea.
There are two sides to everything, though. I am in favor of photo competitions in general, but I am opposed to those that say things like "all entries become the property of *** and we can use them any way we damned well please without paying the photographer a cent." There are tons of competitions with words to that effect somewhere in their rules. I won't participate in or promote such competitions. But competitions which claim no rights to submitted photos and offer nice prizes for those selected are tops in my opinion.
Bob
