PDNPulse: Another Big Get For Demotix: Henry Louis Gates Arrest Photo

So it isn't microstock. And it isn't a photoservice. More like a gateway between citizen journalists and the MSM? This is really interesting.

PDNPulse: Another Big Get For Demotix: Henry Louis Gates Arrest Photo:

"We were skeptical when Demotix launched last December. Trying to profit from citizen journalism seemed like a lost cause. Most amateur shooters lucky enough to get a hot news photo were more interested in sharing it as broadly as possible than licensing it, and turned to services like Flickr and Twitpic. Getty Images' citizen photojournalism service Scoopt shut down two months after Demotix launched."

Check out the Update there. Photographer has earned $2K so far.

Forget the comments. Those folks are far too friggin' stupid to be believed.

Demotix is here.