Einar Thorsen

Professor of Journalism and Communication at Bournemouth University

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This Is Twitter, There Are Rules: How AFP Stole a Photographer’s Work, Then Sued Him – Fast Company

10 May, 2010 by Einar Thorsen Leave a Comment

    Dan Nosowit:

    "AFP, like a lot of more established organizations, seems unable to change their perspectives on Twitter to address what the service actually is. That Morel posted some of the most important photos of the decade on Twitter before any other publication shows the power and flexibility of Twitter as a legitimate news service. AFP's argument, that Twitter is in some way nothing more than a digital bulletin board with no accompanying rights, is worrisome–it's a different kind of news outlet than AFP, but that doesn't mean its value in news can simply be ignored.

    As Jeremy Nicholl says, "the whole situation is a mess." AFP's position might not hold much water, legally. But if the AFP does manage to get away with, in essence, scraping a photographer's work and selling it simply due to the venue in which it was published, both Twitter and new media journalism have serious problems to overcome."

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Guardian to delete images from digital archive following photographers’ rates protest

3 May, 2010 by Einar Thorsen Leave a Comment

    This is a shame – both for photojournalists and for the sake of web archiving.

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Demotix.com | The Street Wire

9 April, 2010 by Einar Thorsen Leave a Comment

    Demotix.com | The Street Wire

    Citizen journalism website worth visiting:

    "Demotix is a citizen-journalism website and photo agency. It takes user-generated content (UGC) and photographs from freelance journalists and amateurs, and markets them to the mainstream media.

    Demotix was founded with two principles at its heart – the freedom of speech and the freedom to know. Its objective is nothing if not ambitious – to rescue journalism and promote free expression by connecting independent journalists with the traditional media.

    Demotix now has over 14,000 members, in 110 countries around the world from Afghanistan to Zambia."

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