Citizen journalists: CBS EyeMobile

What a horrible UI. Nowhere else in the iPhone universe do you swipe to do something but unlock, answer and turn off the phone. How'd this one get through?

PS, "Citizen journalists?" Really, CBS? Does the copy in the app remind anyone else of those fake detective kits they sell to kids? Where's my tin badge?

Maybe Dan Rather is hoping somebody finally finds "Lucy Ramirez".

What, no mention that video recording (both live streaming and local recording) have been available with Jailbreak apps for weeks already?

If you want video, jailbreak is the way to go. I recommend Cycorder for local recording and Qik for live streaming, both are free and braindead-easy to use.

Skip it! Stick to the old fashion way of selling your footage to the local papers and stations.

I've done it in the past, got $2500 for a buttload of pics the last time some crazy cat lady burned her house down to the foundation.

Sigh. Another way to dumb down the news media, get cheap (i.e. free) content, and put real reporters and photographers out of a job.

Folks, if you take a picture and it's worth CBS time to publish it, then you deserve to be paid for it.

"So, you're walking down the street and you see a bank robbery in progress, or you're driving your car down a road in rural Illinois and see a biplane crash into a loaded gasoline tanker truck."

These would be a good time to call 9-1-1 instead of using this app. We just become less and less engaged with the reality around us the more this kind of app is used. Would we all just have videoed and blogged Kitty Genovese being stabbed to death if it happened today?

Prolly.

Yes, you transfer all rights to CBS, and no, you don't get paid.

How about calling 9-1-1 first?

The big question here is do they automatically own the rights to your uploads? And do you get paid if they use any of your pictures?