Photographer Code of Conduct

1. Professional Conduct at Events

You must conduct yourself professionally at all times when attending events on the basis of your musick accreditation.

• Identify yourself honestly as a photographer and present your accreditation letter when requested by venue staff, security, or promoters.
• Follow all directions from venue staff, security, and event management without argument. If you believe a direction is unreasonable, note it and raise it with musick after the event — do not create a scene at the event itself.
• Respect access boundaries. Do not enter areas you have not been granted access to. The photo pit is not a shortcut to the stage.
• Do not consume alcohol or be under the influence of substances while working in an official photographer capacity.
• Leave access areas (photo pits, press areas) promptly when your time is up. The standard is three songs unless otherwise arranged.

2. Respect for Artists, Fans, and Venue Staff

• Do not approach, photograph, or interview artists without their consent outside of designated media access periods.
• Do not photograph audience members in a way that is intrusive, sexual, or likely to cause embarrassment. You are there to document the music, not the crowd.
• Do not obstruct sightlines for paying audience members. Keep low and move quickly.
• Treat venue and event staff with courtesy and respect at all times. They are doing their jobs; so are you.
• Do not use flash photography unless specifically permitted by the artist or their management.

3. Use of the Musick Accreditation Credential

• Your musick accreditation is issued to you personally. It is non-transferable. Do not lend, share, or allow another person to use your accreditation letter.
• Do not misrepresent your musick accreditation to claim access, privileges, or status beyond what it actually grants.
• Musick accreditation is an intent-to-cover credential. It does not guarantee access. Venues and promoters retain the right to refuse or restrict access at their discretion. Accept their decision gracefully.
• Do not imply that musick.com.au employs you, endorses specific content you publish, or is responsible for your conduct unless we have explicitly agreed to that in writing.
• If you are refused access at an event, notify musick.com.au so we can log it and follow up with the relevant party.

4. Copyright and Image Use

• You retain copyright in all photographs you take. Musick does not claim ownership of your work.
• By uploading images to musick.com.au, you grant musick a non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to display, reproduce, and promote those images in connection with the platform — including for event coverage, marketing, and social media. You may withdraw this licence by removing the images from the platform.
• When publishing images taken under musick accreditation, credit musick.com.au where contextually appropriate (e.g. "Photo: [Your Name] / musick.com.au").
• Do not sell or exclusively licence images taken under musick accreditation to a third party in a way that would conflict with musick's ability to use those images on the platform.
• Do not publish images that demean, sexualise, or unfairly misrepresent artists, fans, or venue staff.

5. Reporting and Transparency

• If you witness or experience harassment, discrimination, unsafe behaviour, or any serious incident at an event you are attending in an accredited capacity, report it to musick.com.au.
• If you are involved in any incident at an event — regardless of fault — disclose it to musick promptly. Do not wait to see if it blows over.
• If your circumstances change materially (e.g. you cease to be a working photographer, you experience a serious disciplinary matter in another professional context), you must notify musick.com.au.

6. Online and Social Media Conduct

• Do not use your musick platform presence to harass, defame, or make unsubstantiated accusations against artists, venues, promoters, or other photographers.
• Do not post content that is racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, or otherwise discriminatory.
• If you publish opinions or commentary in connection with your musick photographer identity, make clear that these are your personal views and not the views of musick.com.au.

7. Consequences of Breach

musick.com.au may, at its sole discretion, take the following actions in response to a breach of this Code:

• Warning — written notice of the breach and required remediation.
• Suspension — temporary suspension of accreditation while an issue is investigated.
• Revocation — permanent cancellation of accreditation. The photographer's profile may be deactivated and they may be barred from re-applying.
• Public disclosure — in serious cases (e.g. assault, fraud), musick reserves the right to disclose the nature of the breach to affected parties.

Revocation decisions will be documented with the reason recorded against the photographer's account. This record is retained indefinitely.

8. Acceptance

By completing the musick photographer registration, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to abide by this Code of Conduct in its entirety. Your agreement is recorded against your account with a timestamp and document version number.

This Code may be updated from time to time. Material changes will be communicated by email, and continued use of your accreditation following such notice constitutes acceptance of the updated Code.