http://www.lightstalkers.org/keywords/show/rights This feed shows posts at Lightstalkers. en-us via Laura Cosovanu JOBS ****************************** Various positions, Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs Various human rights positions, United Nations http://unjoblist.org/results.php?kw=human+rights&Job=Search Global Justice Program Director The Human Rights ... Sat, 18 May 2013 10:18:58 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/human-rights-professional-opportunities-15 via Laura Cosovanu JOBS ****************************** Various positions, Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs Various positions, http://earthjustice.org/about/jobs ACLU The ACLU of Washington invites applications for the full-time position of Technology and Liberty ... Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:33:49 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/human-rights-professional-opportunities-14 <p> <blockquote> <a href="http://sydney.edu.au/arts/human_rights_democratisation/student_administration/admission/index.shtml">Call for Applications Master of Human Rights and Democratisation (Asia Pacific).</a> </blockquote> <p> Applications are now being accepted for study and for s... Thu, 11 Oct 2012 02:01:06 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/scholarships-in-the-master-of-human-rights-and-democratisation http://www.idealist.org/view/program/dCwdx6zKSkMD/ Recruitment for the 2013 René Cassin Fellows Programme in international human rights is now open. In its fifth year, the RCFP provides young professionals with the knowledge, skills and contacts needed for a career in international human ri... Fri, 17 Aug 2012 13:00:50 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/2013-ren-cassin-fellows-programme-in-international-human-rights http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2011/12/14/nominations-for-roger-n-baldwin-medal-of-liberty-award-sought/ Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First is seeking nominations for the 2012 Roger N. Baldwin Medal of Liberty Award, an honor that recognizes an individual or organization’s commitment to in... Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:20:26 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/2012-roger-n-baldwin-medal-of-liberty-award http://www.soros.org/initiatives/scholarship/focus_areas/uk/essex_humanrights Open Society Foundations / University of Essex Scholarships in Human Rights The scholarships aim to provide opportunities for independent postgraduate study in the United Kingdom for students who are engaged in ... Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:57:31 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/open-society-foundations-university-of-essex-scholarships-in-human-rights Calling photographers with a passion for social justice issues. Magnum Foundation scholarship for "Photography and Human Rights" summer school programme @ New York University. Applications now open. Deadline 19 Dec. http://www.magnumfoundation.org/education.html Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:17:34 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/magnum-foundation-scholarship I think we've had posts about bad National Geographic photo contest terms before, and I think we've gotten a good response from the organization. I've just noticed one of their recent contests, <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/mymontana/">My Montana</a>, has an egregious rights grab in... Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:40:18 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/ugly-terms-in-national-geo-my-montana-photo-contest http://www.hrw.org/about/fellowships Human Rights Watch Fellowships 2012-2013 Fellowships in International Human Rights For recent graduates of law schools or graduate programs in journalism, international relations, area studies, or other relevant disciplines from universities worldwide. ... Tue, 13 Sep 2011 03:13:12 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/hwr-2012-2013-fellowships-in-international-human-rights Does anyone have a figure on fee rights for a single image that is being used in an Aussie TV series that they are hoping to sell worldwide later? Their wording is below.... "single photo for all rights, all media (excluding cinema) in Australasia for 5 years and also the same rights for Worl... Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:13:19 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/tv-series-rights-fees via Laura Cosovanu JOB OPPORTUNITIES Manager for the International Human Rights Education Center (permanent post to the secretariat in Oslo) Amnesty International is a global, membership driven Human Rights organisation with more than three million members world wide. The organisation is ... Tue, 12 Apr 2011 22:29:30 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/human-rights-professional-opportunities-5 Hi folks, I thought you might be interested in, and perhaps interested in commenting on, a recent victory of ours at First Amendment Project. Thus I'm posting it here rather than the "alerts" section. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/21/AR2010062104479.html ht... Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:12:04 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/judge-uc-illegally-searched-journalists-camera Dear friends, please take a look at this multimedia, and pass it around. The whole idea is to make the issue known: http://www.hrw.org/en/feature/colombia-deadly_threat Thank you, Stephen Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:57:03 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/human-rights-watchcolombiamultimedia hey, thanks for clicking I recently signed a contract with a small business as a photographer. It is a "work-for-hire" position where the Producer (company that hired me) owns all rights (in perpetuity) of my images. I know you might be thinking "how could you!" "never give away your rights!" ... Thu, 03 Dec 2009 05:11:46 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/call-to-freelancers-amateur-looking-for-advice-intellectual-property Sony Soccergraphy Competition - Here we go again... Another group out to screw photographers. http://soccergraphy.sony-asia.com/home.php "By submitting the contest entries, each participant thereby (a) specifically authorizes Sony to use and/or license third parties to use such entry in who... Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:19:05 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/sony-rights-grab friends, I have been trying out a delivery method, to make some work about human rights accesible to people in affected areas where the internet connection is not good. Please download the pdf from the link here: http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF_Stories/Ferry/Ferry01/Ferry01.html an... Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:31:07 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/reportage-on-colombia-human-rights-on-pdf <a href="http://anthropographia.org"><img src="http://www.anthropographia.org/news/25_11_08/images/anthropographia_communique_25_nov_2008.jpg" ></a> Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:42:59 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/photojournalism-competition-concours-de-photoreportage After having a sneaky magazine run a full page image of mine in a recent issue and claim they didn't know the image had copyright, i've been looking at how various countries approach the copyright issue. Over at Heather Morton's "Ask an Art Buyer" blog, she posted this http://www.heathermorton... Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:56:27 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/copyright-around-the-world Hello. This was posted by my friend Amie on photoawesome.com. I found it really interesting considering many up-and-coming photogs use these sites to try and get some exposure to their work. Thoughts? For those of you that add photos to your facebook and myspace profiles: (Thought you migh... Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:24:46 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/facebook-and-myspace-and-your-rights Please Forward! Dear Friends, Colleagues, Acquaintances, and Random Recipients of this e-mail, Please help protect your rights – take 30 seconds to click the link below, sign the e-petition and e-mail it to everyone in your address book. It be great, if you could write a brief personal n... Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:18:45 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/important-sign-petition-please-take-25-seconds-to-protect-your-right-to-free-speech-re-s-2913-hr-5889-orphan-works- Entrants stripped of Copyright & Moral Rights Here’s an interesting report where a UK Government Agency has been accused of using terms and conditions that are in breach of UK Copyright Law – the press release is here - http://www.pro-imaging.org/content/view/208/150/ The full report... Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:47:53 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/uk-government-agency-investigates-rights-grabbing-competition I thought this might be of interest to the members here. http://www.pro-imaging.org/content/view/201/150/ It's a press release announcing a consumer report which tests photo competitions against a set of conditions called the Bill of Rights. Those competitions that fail the tests are report... Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:30:26 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/rights-grabbing-photo-competitions Hi! I'm looking for some advice on how to price a job. This would be a short documentary video (about 5 minutes) shot on miniDV for a website of a national business trade magazine. I'd be shooting and editing this story, with the carrot that if the pilot works out, I could be shooting a whole ser... Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:57:13 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/pricing-a-web-video-project- Feb 5: Panel Discussion: Iraqi Citizens: War And Exile Public panel discussion Iraqi Citizens: War And Exile Nearly a quarter of all Iraqis, more than 4 million people, have fled their homes. The panelists will describe this crisis and discuss the potential for photographers and visual ar... Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:50:27 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/feb-5-panel-iraqi-citizens-war-and-exile I'm up against a question I hope some of your expertise can help advise. I have these photographs dating from between 1904 and 1936 which nicely complement a project of mine, I have most of the Photographer's names (all completely unknown to me). I got the copies from a historical Institute who ... Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:57:00 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/reproducing-old-photographs-how-to-go-about-permissions- Well, here's yet another photo-sharing site that brazenly declares that all material you upload actually belongs to them to do with as they wish: http://rmbr.com/ The relevant text from their Terms of Service is as follows: You give us permission, for now and for the future, to use, copy... Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:56:55 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/yet-another-copyright-grab- http://www.popphoto.com/microsite/4434/are-you-the-next-great-photographer.html Apple via AmericanPhotomag.com in the US are running a comp to find the nest "Great" photographer. the only problem.. they will steal all the images see conditions "HFM U.S. Rights to Materials Provided by Users ... Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:56:23 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/are_you_the_next_great_photographer__not_if_apple_has_anything_to_do_with_it For those of you that are considering participating in the Apple Insomnia shootout.... READ THE FINE PRINT!... Here is a grab from the contract you are agreeing to if you shoot it... <b>Each entrant agrees and grants Apple Inc. permission to make available and display/perform and otherwise d... Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:55:46 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/a_warning_for_student_photogs__pros_please_chime_in Amnesty International UK would like to invite entries for the 16th annual Media Awards. These awards recognise excellence in human rights journalism that has made a significant contribution to the UK public's greater awareness and understanding of human rights issues. If you are a photojournalist... Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:30:37 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/enter_the_amnesty_international_media_awards_2007 Well, it looks like not even National Geographic is NOT above the fold when it comes to the all too common rights grab. In the 'Your Shot' part of the magazine, where there is no prize except publication in the magazine, if you submit a photo they take worldwide, royalty-free and perpetual li... Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:55:03 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/rights_grab__national_geographic_is_no_better_than_the_others