John Gilmore sez,
The Feds want you to bring your camera to a national park for a photo contest. Wasn't it just a few years ago that if you
brought your camera to a national park, you were surrounded by cops
and arrested for being a terrorist? I myself was harassed and
threatened with arrest merely for taking out a pocket camera in a San
Francisco streetcar station. Isn't it true today that if you bring
your camera to a federal building, they confiscate it on entry, as if
it was a weapon? They did that to me! I think these "Sponsors" and
agencies are just setting people up for a bust. Don't forget to wear
your turban while taking your photos, kiddies! Exercise your precious
rights, before the velvet glove of the photo contest is over and the
iron fist comes back out.PS: The "Official Rules" of the contest say, on one hand, that by
merely submitting your photos to them, you are assigning them all your
copyrights in the photos. But a few paragraphs later there's a more
reasonable section that contradicts the first section, saying just
that they'd get the right to display your photo if it's a finalist.
Perhaps the Lawyers Committee for DVD-CSS wrote this contract.
