Uh oh... Where the group had previously invoked the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and sent cease-and-desist orders to at least one blogger, seeking the removal of excerpted content (in some cases as few as 17 words in length), now the press service has attached an "Excerpt for Web Use" charge for passages as short as five words in length.
The AP's disharmony with bloggers may have only just begun, as the alternative it's now offering to being served with takedown notices involves paying an up-front sum for excerpting online articles -- as few as five words.
On the heels of a blogosphere revolt last week because of its harsh actions against social news site The Drudge Retort, the AP regrouped over the weekend to take a less litigative -- but more bureaucratic -- approach to dealing with those who wish to quote its material.
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It shouldn't be too hard to circumvent that. Bloggers will just need to link to the article, and intead of quoting part of the article, write in their own words what the article is about. I'm mad at AP anyway, because they have been known to take a 'falsehood' and then report it as news. They are just mad because they got caught.
At least that's what I've read recently.
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