Protect your pictures and videos
As more and more of us become owners of the latest camera phones
and are able to capture information at a touch of a button, a
new trend is being set in the world of journalism.
To set the scene, let's imagine you are walking down the road
when you spot a couple of A-List celebrities getting off the
back of their car. You get your cam phone out of your pocket and
start to snap your encounter so that you can share this moment
with your friends, when out of no where a man begins an argument
with the celebrities which quickly scales to a full-blown fight.
By the time the press are informed of the attack, the event is
all but over, leaving journalists with the difficult task of
having to collect information from eye witnesses at the scene
and in some cases with few or no images to support the report.
Your pictures which are now a 'first-at-the-scene' account of
the event, are collected by the journalist, often for little or
no compensation, and used to produce an exclusive report. The
images are then sold at exuberant fees to other members of the
media industry, increasing their profits even further.
Scoopt, a new service designed to help and protect the
information you capture on your phone or your digital camera has
recently been launched and can be found at www.scoopt.com.
Scoopt will act as an agency between you and a wide network of
media contacts, ensuring that as well as being recognised for
your material, you are also financially compensated.