#apple changes its #iphone photo contest page to say it will pay winners
January 24, 2019 | Uncategorized

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For the past two days, Apple faced criticism from artists and creators over its new “Shot on iPhone Challenge,” which will use photos from 10 photographers in a series of marketing campaigns without any compensation. In our original story, I spoke to an artist about frustrations over a major company like Apple using artists’ work for their own marketing purposes without compensating the artists in question.
But around the time this story was originally published at 6:33PM ET, Apple for the contest. Apple informed us after publish that it had added the following language to the bottom:
Apple believes strongly that artists should be compensated for their work. Photographers who shoot the final 10…