Just saw that Court TV has a contest to "Search for the Next Great Crime Writer". But before anyone runs to submit, please read the official rules and tell me if I am mis-reading them. As I read them, all submissions can be used very broadly by the contest sponsor.
"With respect to the participants’ Submissions, participants hereby irrevocably grant Sponsor and its designees the non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide right to use their Submissions, in whole or in part, alone or in combination with other material, or as a basis for new material, as Sponsor may determine in its sole discretion, and to use the Submission in connection with the Contest and related advertising and promotion or otherwise, but not as a direct endorsement of any product or service. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, participants agree that the rights granted hereunder shall include, but not be limited to, the perpetual, worldwide right of Sponsor and its designees to use, edit, telecast, cablecast, rerun, record, publish, reproduce, license, print, distribute and/or otherwise exploit, in any language and in all media now known or hereafter devised, the Submissions in whole or in part, without any further compensation to participant or any third party. Participants may be required to execute any documents necessary to perfect such rights in the Sponsor."
Any comments on this?