It's the fact that they even would attempt to claim it that's problematic. I'm not interested in a legal battle.
There are exactly four people on Earth who have content removal rights to the front-page: Eric, Dan, Jordan, and myself.
It's the same reason why partners don't get to see content before we publish it. And partners don't get edit rights, either.
Here's some of the language that we simply can't agree to:
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The Professional Triathletes Organisation (PTO) reserves all rights to PTO Tour events and the Collins Cup. All the content is therefore owned by the PTO. PTO owns all rights in perpetuity to all images, video, recordings and any manner of content recorded by anyone granted access to PTO Tour events or the Collins Cup
So, if Eric's on site, *we* don't own the content we shoot. The PTO does.
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Any third party seeking to capture and distribute content related to PTO owned and operated events must register with the PTO via the appropriate media accreditation form and deliver all content to the PTO at highest resolution and raw within 7 days of the event and or upon request.
So, if Eric's on site, we must provide the PTO with all the photos/videos we take -- and potentially without any form of compensation for it.
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The PTO at its sole discretion reserves the right to immediately request removal of images relating to and not limited to the PTO, their owned and operated events, athletes, staff and any related third parties that may relate to them. Any such requests should be honoured without delay.
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...in which case you must immediately: cease using the content; you agree to remove any content from such platform or website and, if requested at any time after the termination of this agreement, delete or destroy any copies of the content and confirm to the PTO in writing that you have complied with these requirements.
Simply not going to happen.
Both Eric and I have forwarded these concerns to the PTO, and we've not received a response. So until we can resolve these, we won't cover the PTO Tour on the front page. You might get me talking about it in the forum, and we won't stop anybody from talking about it in the forum, but it won't be front-page coverage.
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