Now You Can Sell Your Camera Phone Pictures
A new photo agency tries to act as a broker between you and possible licensing syndication deals for your pictures made with a camera phone. The deal is that you retain copyright and receive 50% of each deal that gets made.
TheRegister reports that a new Mobile phone picture agency goes live
Camera-phone toting commuters and tourists can now consider themselves the equal of Capa, Cartier-Bresson and Bailey, with a newly-launched online photo agency pledging to turn your pixels into pounds.
Scoopt aims to take advantage of the huge proliferation of digital cameras and camera phones, to broker professional syndication deals between ‘right-place-right-time’ amateur photographers and newspaper picture desks.
“The shocking events in London on 7th and 21st July brought citizen journalism into sudden, sharp focus, demonstrating once and for all that images taken by members of the public can be startling and evocative,” says Kyle McRae. “Citizen journalism is here to stay and set to change the nature of news.”
