*** ATTENTION ARTISTS, FILMMAKERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS***

English: The main entrance to the Sony Pictures Entertainment studio lot in Culver City. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

***(Updated, Incredible!)***

Hello fellow artists, filmmakers and photographers.It seems like big companies have decided to take their exploitation on us to a higher level.Here are some examples:If you apply for a job at Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) you automatically give the company the rights to use any material you submit (demos, drawings, etc.) http://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2012/11/more-artist-exploitation.htmlAll photo and video contests come with a fine print that gives companies all the rights to use your material upon its submission.

Intel had their “Momentary Lapse” photo and video competition last year and they ended up with thousands of free photos and hundreds of minutes of video footage that they can use for commercial purposes whenever they want.

The Smithsonian Institute and Sesame Street currently have new contests under the same conditions.

Do you really think that Sony Pictures, Intel, The Smithsonian and Sesame Street don’t have enough money to pay artists for the material they submit when it’s used?

If we don’t boycott these blood-sucking practices nobody will do it for us.

And did you hear what Jay Leno recently said?
“Well, you know, the whole legend of St. Patrick, right?” Leno said. “St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland, and then they came to the United States and became NBC executives.”

*** Update ***
The latest is a grant contest by Burn Magazine that will give $15,000 to whom they consider the best “emerging” photographer. They say the money will be given by “anonymous” sponsors but guess what? They are charging $25 to apply. If you do the math 600 applicants X $25 = $15,000. This is just incredible.

 @MagnumPhotos @Burn_Magazine applications for a grant should be free, especially when the call is for emerging photographers.

THE WRIGHT WAY NEW TV SERIES GET CONNECTED

Wright Curves (Photo credit: sfgamchick)

“FB TWW CONTENT”
During the filming of the upcoming Season of new hit TV series THE WRIGHT WAY, airing this Summer 2013 on PBS, ION, America One, Legacy TV, Directv and DISH Network we’re having an exclusive, Member only “TWW (The Wright Way) site” that that you’ll be able to directly talk and/or message the cast and crew from THE WRIGHT WAY via. We’ll also be sharing photos from the production of the episodes, behind the scenes footage, interviews with the cast plus crew, production updates, blogs from the crew as well the Host of the TV show Chef Lee Wright, inside info about the show & a bunch of exclusive THE WRIGHT WAY TV show content. If you post on your Facebook page wall or your Facebook status update this post (copy & paste this post then post to your Facebook page), we’ll give you a FREE Membership to the aforementioned exclusive Member only “TWW site”. Be a part of this new cooking TV show – its going to be an amazing run! Click here for all the details http://twwtv.weebly.com/

To confirm your exclusive TWW site Membership, when you post the “TWW CONTENT” to your Facebook or Twitter pages, message us via this website or send us an e-mail at  twwtelevision@gmail.com  letting us know you posted the “TWW CONTENT”, or if you have a Mac computer you can send us a screenshot of your Facebook or Twitter post. Please include in your message or e-mail what e-mail address your exclusive TWW site Membership should be put in. We will send you your exclusive TWW site Membership information as the TV show nears filming, the principal photography date (a.k.a. the date the filming starts) is the end of this coming May 2013. Exciting days in history are underway!

Thanks a million!