Boycott the A.P.! (Button Code and New Updates)
July 1, 2008 by Jenn Sierra
Filed under Action Alerts!, Web 2.0
Updated: See LGF - Blogs are Being Watched:
Business Week has an interesting article on the technology the Associated Press and other media outlets are using to find and identify their copyrighted content on the Internet: Bloggers: Big Media Is Watching.
Button Code at bottom of post.
Original Post 6/23/08:
The Associated Press is in the process of trying to gain a monopoly on the news, and we can’t let them. Please see Fair Use v. Plagiarism/Copyright Infringement, and now: AP Settles Dispute with Drudge Retort, from Rogers Cadenhead, who runs the Drudge Report (hat-tip, Ron):
I think AP and other media organizations should focus on how to encourage bloggers to link their stories in the manner they like, rather than hoping their lawyers can rebottle the genie of social news. Given the publicity of this dispute, the first blogger sued for excerpting a news story will have the best pro bono legal representation that massive press attention can buy.
The AP v. the Blogosphere - What will happen next? (Poll)
June 18, 2008 by Jenn Sierra
Filed under Web 2.0The Associated Press is currently in the process of negotiating with a group of bloggers, regarding copyright permissions on using excerpts of its stories.
For more on this story, see our post from yesterday: Fair Use v. Plagiarism/Copyright Infringement
We would like to know what you think will happen next.
Fair Use v. Plagiarism/Copyright Infringement (Updated: Another Blogger Takes a Stand, and the A.P. owes Michelle Malkin $132,125 under its new guidelines!)
June 18, 2008 by Jenn Sierra
Filed under Web 2.0(Updates at Bottom of Post)
Original Post, 06/17/08: Yesterday, the folks at TechCrunch made what might seem like at odd announcement regarding stories from the Associated Press (A.P.):
…Here’s our new policy on A.P. stories: they don’t exist. We don’t see them, we don’t quote them, we don’t link to them. They’re banned until they abandon this new strategy, and I encourage others to do the same until they back down from these ridiculous attempts to stop the spread of information around the Internet…
What is this about?! Read more
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