Getty Images & Scoopt: grown-up citizen journalism?

Getty Images & Scoopt: grown-up citizen journalism?

The news that Getty Images has acquired Scoopt, shows that citizen journalism – or rather the idea that someone on the scene of a story or who happens to spot a celebrity might get a decent photo on their camera phone – is being taken seriously by the big boys.

But what’s not immediately obvious is that those who sell their pictures through Scoopt have seen their commission drop from fifty per cent to forty and are still required to be extremely generous with their intellectual property rights.

That said Scoopt is probably still worth a punt if you’ve just struck lucky with a celebrity sighting and are looking for a hassle free way to sell a photo.

Posted at : April 3rd, 2007 - 5:18 pm
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