Scoopt: Sell Cell Photos
Try saying that title three times fast. Apparently Scoopt acts as a middleman that sells cellphone pics to news agencies and splits the profits with the snapshooter. Of course, wasn’t the whole point of the ‘net to cut out the middleman?
Who will take tomorrow’s front page photograph - a professional press photographer or a passer-by armed with a cameraphone?
Considering how crappy most phonecam photos look, we’re sure that pro photographers won’t have anything to worry about for awhile. Unless they live in Japan or South Korea in which cellphone cameras are already of professional level quality.
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I wonder how they monitor the photos and make sure they are not stolen or taken from another magazine or website?
This reminds me of Constant-Content.com, but this place where you can submit articles for sale not photos. Seems like content would be easier to manage copyright then images, it would be interesting to hear how they handle this.
I think I’ll try to post a picture of the Tiananmen square tank and see if anyone buys it.
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