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Just wanted to warn fellow writers about the Mumsnet comp in the latest newsletter it sounds great until you look at the T&C - copied and pasted below:
By entering this competition you hereby (a) unconditionally and irrevocably grant and assign to Mumsnet throughout the world in all languages all copyright and rights in the nature of copyright and all other rights in your entry, together with full title guarantee and all rights of action to the same belonging or accrued and shall hold the same to Mumsnet for the full period of copyright and all extensions and renewals thereof and thereafter; (b) waive all moral rights as defined by sections 77-83 of the Copyrights Designs and Patents Act 1988 or any similar laws of any jurisdiction;
Talk about signing your life away!
Comments
Thanks for highlighting it Cookie7.
Naughty.
Totally unacceptable.
With the digital age there are now more routes to exploit the work, and likewise the writer now has more options.
http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/nick-cohen/2013/12/the-mumsnet-racketeers/?fb_action_ids=394078190726923&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%5B561932380558976%5D&action_type_map=%5B%22og.likes%22%5D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D