AP to Monitor Internet for Violators (Free Republic doesn't have a 4-paragraph rule!)

[Ian David]

AP to Monitor Internet for Violators
By Jeralyn, Section Media
Posted on Mon Apr 06, 2009 at 06:18:14 PM EST

The Associated Press has always come down hard on internet sites that inappropriately (in its view) reproduce its content. Now, it's going to go even further:

{AP Chairman} Singleton said AP would work with Internet portals and other partners who properly license content and would pursue legal and legislative actions against those who don't.

"We can no longer stand by and watch others walk off with our work under misguided legal theories," he said at AP's annual meeting in San Diego.

So make sure when you reply in comments (or write a diary) you stay within their parameters -- no reprinting of more than a short paragraph with a link to the source article. Hopefully, that's still okay.

More:
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2009/4/6/191814/9521


See also:


Results 1 - 10 of about 35,800 from www.freerepublic.com for "associated press". (0.35 seconds)
http://www.google.com/search?q=site:www.freerepublic.com+%22associated+press

[walldude]

1. Free Republic doesn't know what a paragraph is... n/t

[Xipe Totec]

10. It's a pencil drawing of a parrot n/t

[muntrv]

2. Could it be because freepers can't count to 4?

:evilgrin:

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. And when RimJob gets sued, the Freeps will blame the "librul media"

Even though AP is anything BUT.

[Ian David]

9. You can say THAT again. n/t

[Sebastian Doyle]

4. And when RimJob gets sued, the Freeps will blame the "librul media"

Even though AP is anything BUT.

[Ian David]

11. Oh, look. You just did. n/t

[B o d i]

12. Well played

:golfclap:

[tritsofme]

15. They were the subject of a pretty notable lawsuit back in the 90s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A._Times_v._Free_Republic

[BlooInBloo]

5. Now it's just comical watching the fools go out of business....

For more, see: http://www.eschatonblog.com/2009/04/misguided-legal-theories.html

[grasswire]

6. FR has already been sued by the big guns for copyright violation

LATimes, WashPost sued FR for copyright violations during the Clinton era. Google it.

[Xipe Totec]

7. Yes, the mods did a pretty good job of teaching me that lesson

Haven't violated the rule in years now.

Good job, mods! :hi:

[RamboLiberal]

8. LBN is enforced here but I often see whole stories copied

especially on GDP here. Maybe we should start alerting them?

[depakid]

13. Excellent! Less AP content across the web

Sometimes fine gifts come in strange looking packages.

[SoCalNative]

14. Stupid FReepers

"AP is 100% liberal propaganda. Who would want to steal their CRAPPY content??

3 posted on Monday, April 06, 2009 5:28:37 PM by Frantzie (Boycott GE - they own NBC, MSNBC, CNBC & Universal. Boycott Disney - they own ABC)"

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[madrchsod]

17. yes....less ap crap to see on the internets

[JDPriestly]

18. So what is the rule? 4 paragraphs or a short paragraph.

I thought it was 4 paragraphs, but the article advises readers to copy only one short paragraph. I'm confused.

Besides, the campaign is silly since the quotes from their source attracts more readers to them than anything else.

[Ian David]

19. Our rule (and on most boards) is 4 paragraphs. AP wants it to be ONE paragraph. n/t

[JDPriestly]

20. I can understand why AP wants one paragraph. AP's stories

are so short and superficial. Some of their articles consist of only four paragraphs or less.

Also, AP has a problem because they sell their stories to so many secondary sources like various newspapers, and the sources that buy from AP practically reprint the AP articles verbatim. That dilutes the value of the AP article. AP needs to improve the quality of its articles and offerings.