Monday, June 23, 2008

AP going after bloggers

The Associated Press claimed that it was ready to change to face the new Internet world--and that meant not just being a gatekeeper, but joining in the conversation. As noted at the time, AP execs said all that, only to immediately follow up with plans that looked like it was trying to become a new type of gatekeeper. It didn't help that the company had also just sued VeriSign's Moreover division for linking to AP stories along with a title and a tiny excerpt. That sort of thing is clearly fair use--but the AP doesn't seem to think so. And now, it's expanding its target list. Rather than just going after the big aggregators (surprisingly, Google settled), it appears that <A HREF="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/news/show/89609/associated-press-going-after-blogger-for-posting-story-snippets.html">the Associated Press is going after bloggers</A> for merely posting a linked headline and a tiny snippet of text from the article.

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