Feds *want* you to take pix in national parks?
John Gilmore sez,The Feds want you to bring your camera to a national park for a photo contest. Wasn't it just a few years ago that if you brought your camera to a national park, you were surrounded by cops and arrested for being a terrorist? I myself was harassed and threatened with arrest merely for taking out a pocket camera in a San Francisco streetcar station. Isn't it true today that if you bring your camera to a federal building, they confiscate it on entry, as if it was a weapon? They did that to me! I think these "Sponsors" and agencies are just setting people up for a bust. Don't forget to wear your turban while taking your photos, kiddies! Exercise your precious rights, before the velvet glove of the photo contest is over and the iron fist comes back out.LinkPS: The "Official Rules" of the contest say, on one hand, that by merely submitting your photos to them, you are assigning them all your copyrights in the photos. But a few paragraphs later there's a more reasonable section that contradicts the first section, saying just that they'd get the right to display your photo if it's a finalist. Perhaps the Lawyers Committee for DVD-CSS wrote this contract.
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