I've had an idea for an image/bit.ly service for a while ... it goes something like this:

- You upload a high/low res image

- You have to specify one of the creative commons or other standard licenses

- There's a short URL, API, geo-tagging, and sharing/embedding options

- Attribution is stamped on the image and included in the embed code

The idea is that journalists/citizen-journalists (and possibly artists/creatives) can share work and include much more explicit usage/attribution rules. News wires have access to a constant feed of good images.

Thoughts?