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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PaulD" data-source="post: 1259413" data-attributes="member: 11840">Sorry for the late posting, but I've only just seen this.  I don't think there can be any doubt that these terms give the publishers of BirdWatching magazine the right to use winning and commended photos in a book or magazine without paying the photographer. BirdWatching magazine is published by Bauer who publish 238 magazines in 15 countries on 3 continents. Worldwide sales of H. Bauer titles amount to 38 million magazines a week. Their leading UK title sells 1.4 million copies per week.Note that it says nothing about the book or magazine being associated with the competition.  So a fantastic photo of a Blackbird confronting a Magpie could be in a birdwatching magazine one month, a shooting magazine the month after and a gardening one after that - and it's up to them whether they pay you or not.</blockquote>