Clause 25
This incredibly overreaching clause applies to photographers.
This clause is incredibly overreaching, asking the author to give up too much.
CLAUSE TEXT:
By submitting an Essay, each entrant will be deemed to have granted Sponsor all rights, including copyright, in the Essay, any photo of the winner, and any other copyrighted or copyrightable materials furnished by entrant in connection with this contest, including the right to copy, edit, broadcast, publish and use, in whole or in part, and to license others to exercise the same rights, in any manner without further compensation.
EXPLANATION:
This is an excerpt from the terms and conditions of The Hachette Book Group USA photo essay contest. The photographer grants the contest sponsor the entire copyright in the photographs and any other material submitted with the photographs (such as explanatory text . . .). Hachette can make any use it wants, and can permit others to make any use, without consulting or paying the creator.