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Associated Press: In a hole, still digging

Started by mathewi · 1 year ago

Not content to just distribute DMCA “notice and takedown” letters to unsuspecting websites like The Drudge Retort — a community news blog that is about as far from a commercial media entity as you can get — for excerpting its news stories, Associated ... Continue reading »

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  • Paul Kedrosky

    1 year ago

    Not to be all Nick Carr-ish about this, but I'm totally fine with AP's decision. It's their content, and they should feel free to coop it up however they see fit.

    Do I think it's smart though? No.
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  • mathewi

    1 year ago

    Contrarian as always, Paul :-) And I would agree, provided there's a
    genuine issue of competition or injury to their ability to sell the
    content. But do you really think that's the case with something like
    the Drudge Retort?
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  • ampressman

    1 year ago

    Forget about the legal issue, for a sec. From a strategic point of view, in the context of a print newspaper industry that is absolutely dying and putting the AP under all kinds of financial pressure, isn't it extra bizarre that they don't see this free promotion of their content with links back to their web site as beneficial?
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  • mathewi

    1 year ago

    Totally agree -- it seems like a foot-shooting type of effort, in a lot of ways.
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