LA Times photo competition - worst contest ever?

[Huss]

LA Times is running a photo competition as part of their Festival Of Books. The prize money is, well, zero. But if you 'win' you get your name in their flyer, your pic shown at the event, and this little nugget:


"I grant the Los Angeles Times forever the right to use, display, broadcast, and sublicense in any way, including but not limited to, for promotional purposes on Los Angeles Times digital properties and at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the photo uploaded, my name, the description, and any other content I provide. I verify that the content in the photo uploaded, and all other content I provided, is my own and I have permission from all parties depicted within the photo to display the photo for any purpose. I agree to the Los Angeles Times terms and conditions "

p.s that also is the consolation prize for all entries...

 

[Ronald M]

Most contests are using similar business model. I give you the pic free and you make money from it.

The only other business model better is Wall Street where they take risky high profit positions and reap big rewards. If they fail, I have to bail them out because they are too big to fail. I am too small to count and don`t have a staff of lawyers.

Some businesses want you to work for free or "exposure".
Well you can not buy food with exposure.

Word is sucker if you send in your best work.

 

[BLKRCAT]

I'm sure it gets better too with public voting through social media. Turning it into a popularity contest rather than a photo contest.

 

[MrFujicaman]

Hell, NY Dan's contest had better prizes than the LA Times !

 

[Huss]

Hell, NY Dan's contest had better prizes than the LA Times !

No kidding! Plus he wouldn't rip our images off!

What's incredible about the Los Angeles Times is that, them taking your image for gain aside, the prize is really non existent.

 

[NY_Dan]

Oh, forgot to tell you guys, but I sold your captions to the LA Times. 🙂

That contract is insane!