Mediagazer: Demotix Hits A Million Images, Proving The Crowd-Sourced Picture Agency Can Work (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

11:50 AM ET, October 11, 2012

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Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:

Demotix Hits A Million Images, Proving The Crowd-Sourced Picture Agency Can Work — We've been covering Demotix since their controversial launch in 2008 and frankly the jury at the time was out on whether they really could create what many had tried and failed to do: a crowd-sourced …

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Judge Says Fair Use Protects Universities in Book-Scanning Project — A federal judge on Wednesday threw out a copyright infringement lawsuit against universities that participated in a massive book-digitization project in conjunction with Google without permission from rights holders.

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Election season gives major daily newspapers ripe testing ground for video work — This election season has continued online news' march toward video — particularly video produced by news organizations that haven't historically been known for it. Here's a look at how three major U.S. newspapers treated …

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