Microsoft Comp $20k Grand Prize

[Alpha_7]

I wasn't sure if anyone had already linked to this, and I haven't read all the T&Cs yet to find out if MS is going to take my images and run, but I thought I'd post it now and let others decide if they want to enter, we certainly have the talent here to take away a few prizes I think.

http://prophoto.microsoft.avitivacorp.com/Site.aspx

Competition ends May 31st. Good Luck!

[Alpha_7]

On further reading they take full rights to all images submitted (BOO HISS) and also it appears like you have to be a student.


And too bad if you come from Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria. Because MS doesn't like you! (Sad, very sad).

[Reschsmooth]

Just a quick perusal of the T&C

1. ELIGIBILITY.
Open to all students who are 18 (eighteen) years of age or older at the time of entry and actively enrolled at a two-year, four-year, or advanced degree granting college or university.

Interesting - no mention of what they need to be studying!

P

[MATT]

Hmm. seems like a cheap grab a some amazing images...


Cheers
MATT

[Geoff]

Hmm. seems like a cheap grab a some amazing images...


Cheers
MATT

Yep, very sad. Probably desktop backgrounds for the next OS?!

[Vodka]

Yep, very sad. Probably desktop backgrounds for the next OS?!

Sounds about right...
http://www.istartedsomething.com/200702 ... d-darwish/

Ben

[Yi-P]

Just a quick perusal of the T&C

1. ELIGIBILITY.
Open to all students who are 18 (eighteen) years of age or older at the time of entry and actively enrolled at a two-year, four-year, or advanced degree granting college or university.

Interesting - no mention of what they need to be studying!

P

Ahh, good, I can give it a shot...

Lucky they didnt mention you must be doing a Bachelor of Arts in VisComm and Photography...

[macka]

For anyone who is interested in this competition, apparently Microsoft have now changed the rules so that they only obtain rights to the WINNING entries.

They claim their lawyers made a mistake initially.

Conditions now state:

5. Rights to Use Entries.

As a condition of accepting a prize, you agree to grant Microsoft an irrevocable royalty-free worldwide license to reproduce and display the image, credited with your first and last name, in print and on the web for the purposes of only promoting this contest.

[Alpha_7]

Well that is far more reasonable.. (does that me Strobist has re-added the link?) I like that he took it down when he read the T&Cs intially.

[macka]

Well that is far more reasonable.. (does that me Strobist has re-added the link?) I like that he took it down when he read the T&Cs intially.

Yep, actually Strobist is where I first heard the news, then I went to the Microsoft page to check.