Editorial

Staff · Issue 20, Aug/Sep 2004 · pp. 4

Editorial peter@uwpmag.com U/w photo competitions UwP has made a point of trying to help promote many of the underwater photography competitions which take place annually throughout the year but recent discussions on the internet forums have highlighted the possible copyright problems involved. Most competition entry forms come with more pages of regulations than most entrants can be bothered to read but a careful scan of these rules can reveal some worrying and often flagrant attitudes towards the entrant’s copyright protection. In truth most well established competitions are respectful of the entrant’s copyright and only ask that they be allowed to use the winning entries to promote the current and next competitions. This seems fair enough to me except in the case where a diving magazine organises the competition and saves itself a tidy sum by being able to reproduce the winning images…