FACEBOOK listens to its users! – reviving old Terms of Use and opens discussions

February 18, 2009

Facebook listens to its users..and have revived the Old Terms of Use while they open the discussion for members to join, currently there are around 14,000++ members that have joined in.

As Photographers, it may be right to join the discussion to voice out our concerns and let facebook understand and work around our concerns.

Terms of Use Update

Over the past few days, we have received a lot of feedback about the new terms we posted two weeks ago. Because of this response, we have decided to return to our previous Terms of Use while we resolve the issues that people have raised. For more information, visit the Facebook Blog.

If you want to share your thoughts on what should be in the new terms, check out our group Facebook Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.

Facebook Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. <–  click to join

This group is for people to give input on Facebook’s terms of use. These terms are meant to serve as the governing document for how the service is used by people around the world.

Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts with us.

Here are responses to some of the things you’ve written below:

1. You own your information. Facebook does not. This includes your photos and all other content.

2. Facebook doesn’t claim rights to any of your photos or other content. We need a license in order to help you share information with your friends, but we don’t claim to own your information.

3. We won’t use the information you share on Facebook for anything you haven’t asked us to. We realize our current terms are too broad here and they make it seem like we might share information in ways you don’t want, but this isn’t what we’re doing.

4. We will not share your information with anyone if you deactivate your account. If you’ve already sent a friend a message, they’ll still have that message. However, when you deactivate your account, all of your photos and other content are removed.

5. We apologize for the confusion around these issues. We never intended to claim ownership over people’s content even though that’s what it seems like to many people. This was a mistake and we apologize for the confusion.

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For more information about this, check out Mark’s recent posts on the Facebook blog:

http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=54746167130
http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=54434097130

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Isang Pitik sa Charity – National Photo Contest by PCSO

July 10, 2008

Photographer Warning: Proceed at your own risk.. This contest seems to be just another rights-grab photo  contests according to our photographer friend and copyright vigilant Dennis Rito.

Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Photo Contest

PCSO announces national photo competition

A. Theme:
Isang Pitik sa Charity

B. Objectives:
Gather photos from professional and amateur photographers that show the acts of KINDNESS DONE BY PEOPLE FROM ALLWALKS OF LIFE.
Promote the institutional brand message “SPREAD THE CHARITY VIRUS”.

C. Subject
All entries must cover acts of charity or kindness of Filipinos in different settings or circumstances shown in different walks of life.
SNAPSHOTS OF PEOPLE IN THE ACT OF KINDNESS OR CHARITY.

D. Rules of the Contest
1. The photo contest is open to all professional and amateur photographers.
2. Photo paper to be used in the printing is not specified.
3. Entry size 11” x 14” with or without borders. Borders should not exceed 1” all around. There is no limit as to the number of entries. All entries must be accompanied by the corresponding E-copy of raw files of the photos.
4. Low resolution images will be disqualified. Raw file photo entries of professional and amateur photographers shall have a minimum of 5 mega pixels @ 300 dpi.
5. The following information should be printed on the entry form which can be downloaded from PIA and PCSO websites. Each Photo must be accompanied by an entry form — one photo, one entry form.
• Photographers name, address and contact numbers
• Title of entry
• Category (Professional or Amateur)
• Caption or brief description or background of the picture (i.e. where and when the picture was taken (barangay, city, municipality and province)
• Circumstances surrounding the taking of the pictures and other vital information.
6. Without additional compensation to photographers, photos may be published for promotional purposes only by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. All photos
submitted as entries to the photo contest shall be owned by PCSO.
7. Entries can be color and/or black & white. Photos which are digitally altered are not allowed.
8. Top one hundred (100) photos may be reproduced or reprinted into bigger sizes for
exhibits without additional compensation to owners. Credits shall be given to the
photographers on all photos exhibited or published. PCSO shall retain the copyright of the photos.
9. Photos which have won national or international competitions are disqualified.
10. Entries that do not conform to the above requirements will automatically be disqualified from the contest.
11. All PCSO and PIA employees are disqualified to join the contest.
12. Deadline for submission of entries will be on August 1, 2008 at 5:00 p.m.
13. Entries may be submitted to any of the following offices:

Philippine Information Agency
Inter-Agency Projects Division
Visayas Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City
Tel. Nos. 920-39-24 or 920-43-48

Or log on to www.pia.gov.ph
Or PIA Regional Offices

Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office
Public Relations Department
Rodriguez Avenue, Quezon City
Or log on to Pitik Sa Charity Webpage

15. Prizes for Professional and Amateur
categories:

1st prize P 100,000.00
2nd prize P 50,000.00
3rd prize P 30,000.00
12 consolation prizes P 5,000.00 each

Download Entry Form here

News from PIA
Cebu, Philippines (4 July) — The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office announces the opening of its PCSO National Photo Competition with the theme, “Isang Pitik sa Charity.”

This year’s PCSO Photo contest aims to gather photographs from professional and amateur photographers that show acts of charity from various walks of life and to promote the institutional brand message “Spread the Charity Virus.”

According to the mechanics of the photo competition, this is open to all professional and amateur photographers whose entries must cover acts of charity or kindness of Filipinos in various settings or circumstances shown in various walks of life.

Entries can be color and or black and white while digitally altered photos are not allowed.

  • Entry size is at 11″ x 14″ with or without borders. If entries have all around borders, they should not exceed 1″ and there is no limit as to the number of entries. All entries must be accompanied by the corresponding E-copy of the photos’ raw files.

Raw file photo entries of amateur photographers shall have a minimum of 2 to 3 mega pixels while raw file photo entries of professional photographers shall be in high resolutions. Low resolution images will be qualified.

  • Entry forms can be downloaded from these websites: www.pia.gov.ph and www.pcsco.gov.ph and each photo must be accompanied by an entry form with the following information printed that must be printed on the form: Photographers name, address and contact number.

Title of the entry; Category whether Professional or Amateur; Caption or brief description or background of the picture i.e. where and when the picture was taken (barangay, city, municipality and province); and the circumstances surrounding the taking of the pictures and other vital information.

All photos submitted as entries to the photo contest shall be owned by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) that has the exclusive authority to publish them for promotional purposes without additional compensation to the photographers.

  • The top 100 photos maybe reproduced or reprinted into bigger sizes for exhibits without additional compensation to owners. Credits shall be given to the photographers on all photos exhibited or published but PCSO shall retain the copyright of the winning photos.

Photos that have won in any national or international competitions are disqualified. Entries that do not conform to the requirements will automatically be disqualified from the competition.

  • Prizes for both the professional and amateur categories include the following: P100,000.00 for the 1st Prize; P50,000.00 for the 2nd prize; P30,000.00 for the third and 12 consolation prizes at P5,000.00 each.

Entries may be submitted to the following offices:

PHILIPPINE INFORMATION AGENCY, Inter-Agency Projects Division, Visayas Avenue, Dilliman, Quezon City with tel. nos. (02) 9203924 / 9204348 or to any PIA REGIONAL OFFICES in the country.

PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPSTAKES OFFICE, Public Relations Department, Rodriquez Ave., Quezon City or to any PCSO POVINCIAL OFFICE.

All PCSO and PIA employees are disqualified to join the contest. Deadline for submission of entries is on August 1, 2008 at 5:00 p.m. (PIA-Cebu/MBCN)

Download Entry Form here

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