PADI Video Contest

[mcguiver]

PADI has a video contest going on about what we love and want to protect in the ocean. My entry was some footage of the Giant pacific Octopus.
Soaring With Giants Full Screen 1080P
If you Like it please vote.

 

[H20doctor]

Hope you win Buddy ... thats my favorite video you shot

 

[Jim Lapenta]

Just looked at the video. Very cool. But this disturbs me:

"Eligibility: Sea the Change (“Contest”) is open to anyone who is 13 years of age or older (“Entrants”). Employees, and family members of employees, of PADI Worldwide Corp. and all related and affiliate companies, globally, are not eligible for the Contest. Contest is void where restricted or otherwise prohibited by law. By entering your video in this Contest, you give PADI unlimited rights to use the video for any PADI use, including, but not limited to advertising and publicity.

General Rules and Conditions: By participating in the Contest, Entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules. Winner (“Winner”), will be required to sign and complete a Publicity Release & Affidavit of Eligibility and return it to PADI within 30 days of notification, otherwise the prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate Entrant. Winner gives PADI unlimited rights to use Winner’s name, picture, video entry and likeness, globally, in advertising and publicity and for any other PADI use, without further compensation, where permitted by local law. Such exposure may include PADI YouTube Channel and related scuba YouTube Channels, Facebook & Twitter and press releases. PADI specifically waives any liability for copyright infringement of posted videos. All local, state and federal taxes are the sole responsibility of the Winner. No substitution of prize is permitted. PADI’s decision and selection of the Winner shall be final."

Why would you sign away your rights? For no additional compensation. Even if you do not win they can use your video as many times as they want and make as much money off of it as they can and you get no royalty for it? You shot a work of art and you just gave it away.

 

[ronscuba]

.... By entering your video in this Contest, you give PADI unlimited rights to use the video for any PADI use, including, but not limited to advertising and publicity.

If I was cynical I would suspect PADI's main motivation behind the contest is to get free video footage for advertising and publicity use. I think they or another organization did something similar with a photo contest. Notice the contest runs from March to December with unlimited entries.

I don't consider myself cynical, but I do live and work in NYC.

Getting back on topic, that is some real awesome footage you shot. Giant octopus footage is rare. I voted for you. Good luck, I hope you win.

 

[Thalassamania]

That's pretty standard language and a pretty standard scam. Cold day in hell before I'd give any of those sorts of thieves "unlimited rights to use Winner’s name, picture, video entry and likeness, globally, in advertising and publicity and for any other PADI use, without further compensation," but then perhaps that's beacuse I know what my, "name, picture, video entry and likeness, globally, in advertising and publicity" are worth.

BTW: great footage, for non-exclusive, worldwide, unlimited use (without your name except as a credit) I would not take less that $500.