by Lexi » 11 Sep 2016, 08:33
earthsalt wrote:Lexi wrote:The one thing to note is their terms and conditions in that they state whatever you post also confers them non-exclusive rights to use the material elsewhere for promotion reasons, similar to the Facebook rights.
I think these owners are too mean. If they demand such exclusive rights, they should pay for my articles upfront. They should stop this business of paying based on views.
Many use this as a blanket term in their terms and conditions, but few exercise them such as Facebook. I would imagine most people who wish to use the site for the small remuneration may not fully understand the rights or care. They are non-exclusive rights, so you can use it wherever you want, but say you have a photo and a site wants exclusive rights for a few months, then you have lost the ability to give them that right if you have published it on the site. You could try and delete it, if need be.
More sites are using this in their terms to allow them to promote the sites:
" You retain all your ownership rights in your content, but you are required to grant us a limited licence to use, store, copy and to distribute and disclose it to third parties any such content for any purpose. "" You own the rights to the content you post on the Site but when you upload or post content to our Site; you grant a perpetual, non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty free, worldwide licence to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, prepare derivative works of, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute any IP content that you post on our Site in any and all media or distribution methods (not known or later developed.
You agree that this licence includes the right for us to provide, promote, and improve our Site and to make content submitted to or through our Site available to other companies, organisations or individuals who partner with us for the syndication, broadcast, distribution or publication of such content on other media and services, subject to our terms and conditions for such content use.
Such additional uses by us, or other companies, organisations or individuals who partner with us, may be made with no compensation paid to you with respect to the content that you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through our Site. "
As someone who has studied IP law, it would not be recommended to post on this site if you are a serious writer or photographer.
Last edited by Lexi on 11 Sep 2016, 11:14, edited 2 times in total.