Larry Larsen just posted about a Facebook contest from the Bing team that gives you the opportunity to have your photo used as the backdrop on our new search service.
The beautiful backgrounds have gotten a lot of attention since launch and seem to be very popular. Serial blogger, Long Zheng, has even come up with a catalogue of the backgrounds.
From now til July 16th you can submit a photograph to be considered for Bing fame and millions of view.
How can I find out where/what a given Bing photo is about? I can see the link to the photographer detail (on the (c) sign) but how about an "about" link ?
Just another rights grab...
Microsoft building up their clip/stock library - you'll probably see the good ones in Office 2010...
Be sure to read the fine print!
"Image Ownership
All digital images must be original work. Participants retain ownership rights to their photos. You must have taken the photograph yourself, and submitted photos cannot violate the privacy or intellectual property rights of any person or entity. This shall include, but not be limited to, all third party copyrighted materials.
By submitting your photograph you grant Microsoft Corporation and its affiliates (collectively, "Microsoft") an unlimited, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, nonexclusive right and license to use, reproduce, publish, modify, perform and display the image on the bing.com webpage or any replacement or successor to such web page, and in any marketing or advertising of any kind related thereto, in any medium now known or later developed.
Microsoft will not pay you any compensation for your photograph or any use we may make of it.
Microsoft is not obligated to use your photograph and we may not notify you if we do not use it.
By submitting your photograph you agree and represent to Microsoft that you are the photographer and the sole copyright owner of the photograph. "