Web Series Today: Associated Press Sues Bloggers for Linking Articles

Monday, June 16, 2008

"it appears that the Associated Press is going after bloggers for merely posting a linked headline and a tiny snippet of text from the article."

http://www.theinformationparadox.com/2008/06/associated-press-sues-bloggers-for.html

UPDATE

AP to meet with blogging group to form guidelines

NEW YORK (AP) - The Associated Press, following criticism from bloggers over an AP assertion of copyright, plans to meet this week with a bloggers' group to help form guidelines under which AP news stories could be quoted online.

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/ap-to-meet-with-blogging-group-to-form/n20080616183309990012

modelmotionJune 17, 2008 at 2:41 AM
Oh wait, did I just link to and article that linked to and AP article?

It's 2008 people!
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modelmotionJune 17, 2008 at 4:09 AM
wow, the A.P. backed down on that one quickly.

now that is the power of the interwebz for you........... in less that 24 hrs they decide to cut a deal with bloggers.
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AnonymousJune 17, 2008 at 6:21 AM
hahahaha

Seriously "omg they are critisising use and linking to our pages we should do something to censor them!"

How is that different from a newspaper in the past takeing quotes and critisising them? Satire has been aroubnd for a good 30-40 years and will continue on.

Indeed a good example

~TDZane
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KindredPhantomJune 17, 2008 at 9:02 AM
Like they'd have the time and money to take bloggers to court.
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Monday, June 16, 2008