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Or You Could Use The Phone To Call 911, But Where's The Profit In That?
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You happen to be someplace where something horrible happens right in front of you, and you point your phone camera at it and catch the action, like a horrific crash or Harambe and the kid or a police shooting. Would you, as many do, sell the footage and thus capitalize on someone else's misfortune? There are agencies who will swoop in and "represent" you (taking a slice, of course) in selling the video, and you could look at it as ghoulish, or you could say, well, if a for-profit company like a news network wants to use my video, let them pay for the privilege, because I don't work for them and they'll make money off of it. (BBC)
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