I get sick of these rights grabs everywhere we look nowadays and it's an issue for professionals and amateurs alike. Obviously I wouldn't touch a lab like that with a 9 foot barge pole but I really feel it's time for the various authorities such as the US legislature and the European Union to make conditions like these illegal. I know that Pro-Imaging are fighting a campaign against such practices in competitions but I can't help but feeling that some of the bigger national organisations should also be doing more. We always think that politicians don't care about photographers and perhaps we are right in general, however we also have votes and it's quite clear here that many large companies are involved in some pretty sharp practices.