The following was in my inbox the very next morning after posting my short film A Flight of Monarchs:
Hey Kim,
I watched your Short Film “A Flight of Monarchs” & I loved it!
I think you should upload it and some of your other Short films on Tallenge. We have an ongoing Short Film contest with $500 prize. You can sign up & upload for free.
The Winner of this contest qualifies for the annual contest which has a cash prize of $10,000.
Tallenge Short Film Contest Link – (here they provide the link)
I would love to see you compete on Tallenge. Let me know if you need any more info and I’ll be glad to help.
Love & Regards
Britney
With their super slick website touting themselves as Earth’s Largest Talent Platform, I immediately began to dream of winning $10,000. to put towards completing several current film projects. Enter the contest and you only have to:
“…irrevocably grant Tallenge, its successors, subsidiaries, parent and related companies, licensees, assignees, and third parties acting on Tallenge’s behalf, an exclusive worldwide, royalty-free right to license to use, exhibit, license, sub-license, distribute, perform, post, display, copy, publish, promote, re-format, reproduce, prepare derivative works of, adapt, make available online or electronically transmit and exploit the Submission, for free, […] for a period of five (5) years from the date you entered the contest. After the term of the foregoing license expires, the license shall automatically convert into a non-exclusive license to Tallenge in perpetuity.”
“Any person uploading any media on Tallenge.com would hereinafter be known as a “Participant”, and any person consuming or voting on any content would hereinafter be known as a “Voter”. By uploading media on Tallenge.com, the Participant consents to the media being subject to Tallenge’s LICENSE, to being subject to Tallenge’s Rules Of The Competition, to being subject to Tallenge’s Privacy Policy, to having the media displayed on Tallenge.com, and to having it enter into any and all periodic contests for which it is eligible running on Tallenge.com, to be determined by the date and time of the media being uploaded. By voting, the Voter consents to having the vote counted for the determination of any and all periodic contests for which the media is eligible.”
Artists, beware!
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Good Morning Gloucester 
What? They don’t want your first born??
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Very funny Marty–but I think they do!
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It pays to read the fine print! Any photographer who ever dreams (as I have) of winning a contest should realize that entering a picture is the same as giving it away. The contest organizer coughs up a few hundred bucks and in return gets a library of peoples’ best shots.
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Thank you Anonymous–great advice!
And will do Dave.
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Always put your copyright notice on all of the photos you put on the internet. I use © (option-g) followed by my name. Then flatten the text with your photo editing program to make it an inseparable part of the image. ©Fredrik D. Bodin
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Thank you to Fred for giving me that advice several years ago, after I noticed my photos being used by a well-known ornithologist as his own.
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The internet is full of these today and watch out for the Fedex one going around also bad juju! Dave
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Well, I have for several weeks held the top 7 spots on the Tallenge Vocal Contest, but last night, Instantly, there appeared a new entry with 333 votes and 680 views–and I repeat, “instantly.” How is this physically possible. Oh, and this entry hasn’t received one vote since the initial entry with 333 votes, and that has been hours now. I don’t mind at all being beat in a contest, but this doesn’t fall into this category. This has “scam” written all over it. I spent many hours contacting friends on Social Sites asking for support, but I can’t imagine–outside of magic–how I could get this many votes and views the instant the entry goes on the site. And, the vocals are “okay,” but nothing to write home about, and the acoustic guitar–I have many friends who play much better. The site is slow to respond, and I can’t see how this is technically possible. Also, I went to the entry and the voting is blocked, making it impossible to vote for this entry. I had this happen to some of my entries, and I had to contact support to get it fixed so I could even get one vote. Don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out that this was rigged. I certainly hope it wasn’t on the part of Tallenge. I have heard that some people with great internet “skills” can defeat programs. One site was reported to have a couple of entries that put in what was referred to as a “robot voter” to automatically go in and repeatedly vote, but to just “appear out of the blue” with 333 votes and close to 700 views is just impossible without something unethical going on on someone’s part. I can be contacted at mchapman05@outlook.com. Please let me know your thoughts on this. If I am wrong, I want to know.
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