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To the APS staff this really is pretty damn sneaky, and to tell you the truth this is the first time on any forum/website apart from major "competitions" that I have ever seen who are trying to claim automatic copyright use of a users posted photos. Seems quite unnecessary in my opinion as it has always seemed the site has had no problem in requesting pictures on say calendar comp from time to time basis etc.
Now when it comes to hot linking from another site such as flickr, imageshack and photo bucket I assume these terms of use go out the window as these items haven’t been uploaded to aps's archives?
Also just to confirm these terms of use mean that it is only content posted from the date of July 1st? Or does this technically mean that aps wants copyright to photos posted from years back up to now?
Also thought I'd mention I’m not criticizing aps blah blah blah but I thought this community should have some discussion and say on the matter first, I don’t particularly feel like an infraction today. =P
http://www.aussiepythons.com/terms-of-use
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To the APS staff this really is pretty damn sneaky, and to tell you the truth this is the first time on any forum/website apart from major "competitions" that I have ever seen who are trying to claim automatic copyright use of a users posted photos. Seems quite unnecessary in my opinion as it has always seemed the site has had no problem in requesting pictures on say calendar comp from time to time basis etc.
Now when it comes to hot linking from another site such as flickr, imageshack and photo bucket I assume these terms of use go out the window as these items haven’t been uploaded to aps's archives?
Also just to confirm these terms of use mean that it is only content posted from the date of July 1st? Or does this technically mean that aps wants copyright to photos posted from years back up to now?
Also thought I'd mention I’m not criticizing aps blah blah blah but I thought this community should have some discussion and say on the matter first, I don’t particularly feel like an infraction today. =P