As part of my course, we took part in a photojournalism module.

Now, I’m never going to be headhunted by the Magnum Group, and this ain’t going to be a full-time job, but there will be stories that I feel need to be published from time-to-time.

The big agencies are really only interested in full-time staffers.

Most of the papers seem to think that posting to Twitpics or Flickr means that the image is “in the public domain” (meaning that they negotiate a fee after publication, if they get caught out).

The BBC encourages people to upload content, but doesn’t credit – or pay copyright. It may also (according to some reports) strip your metadata.

Then I found Demotix. It’s a really good interface, and lets you organise your photos into stories. If nothing else, it’s a useful proving ground. They take 50% of any sales, which seems fair, when comparing the others.

Ideally, my photos may come to the attention of a picture editor, and I may get paid.

But in any case, they’re protected – by an agency – from being pirated – which I think (without being too precious about things) is a Good Thing.