Windie City Shootout- A 72 Hour Film Race

[WindieCityShootout]

Hey guys,

We are holding a 72 hour film race from August 12th to August 15th. There is over $25,000 in prizes including a 12,500 prize to the top two productions. This will be used to create a feature length film that YOU get to make which will be screened all over Chicago! There will also be a smart phone category which allows people to make a film entirely on any smart phone. For more information go to:

http://windiecityshootout.com/

OVER $25,000 IN PRIZES!!!

 

[ItDonnedOnMe]

Looks like a great competition, the type of thing my team specializes in, except for one small thing....

(from the 'terms and conditions' clause of the rules)
"Team members also warrant that Windie City Shootout owns all rights to the film submitted for Windie City Shootout 2011, including the video or digital recording, and the performance contained in each Submission."

We simply won't participate in competitions that include a clause like this - you're asking us to pay to be part of the competition, then put all of our own resources into the film, and then hand over ownership to you? I find this kind of thing ridiculous and can't understand why it's showing up in so many of these competitions. Make it a non-exclusive, world-wide and in-perpetuity license and I'm fine with it because then we still own and can do as we wish with the film itself, but I can't understand why you'd expect filmmakers to give up ownership of their works.

 

[Murdock]

Looks like a great competition, the type of thing my team specializes in, except for one small thing....

(from the 'terms and conditions' clause of the rules)
"Team members also warrant that Windie City Shootout owns all rights to the film submitted for Windie City Shootout 2011, including the video or digital recording, and the performance contained in each Submission."

We simply won't participate in competitions that include a clause like this - you're asking us to pay to be part of the competition, then put all of our own resources into the film, and then hand over ownership to you? I find this kind of thing ridiculous and can't understand why it's showing up in so many of these competitions. Make it a non-exclusive, world-wide and in-perpetuity license and I'm fine with it because then we still own and can do as we wish with the film itself, but I can't understand why you'd expect filmmakers to give up ownership of their works.

My guess is, a lot of people don't read the T&Cs.