Microsoft steals from Flickr (and others) in competition

OK, file this under "truth is stranger than fiction." Microsoft - the be-all-and-end-all of DRM - needed a contest to advertise its own internal photo service. So what does it do? It sets up a contest to get iconic pictures of Britain and then allows entrants to steal those photos from anywhere?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10015266-93.html?tag=nefd.riv

Flickr users are apparently especially up in arms, and sponsor Nikon has pulled its support. Microsoft, on the other hand, appears to be unrepentant.