AP, blogger resolve dispute over copyright
AP, Drudge Retort resolve dispute; blogger says broader copyright questions remain
SETH SUTEL
AP News
A news discussion site and The Associated Press have resolved a dispute over an AP demand that the site remove some of the news agency's content.
In a statement Friday, Rogers Cadenhead said he is "glad" the dispute over his site, the Drudge Retort, has ended. He said a larger conflict remains between AP's view of acceptable use of its content and the practices of many bloggers. Cadenhead declined to comment further, referring all questions to his attorney.
An AP statement Thursday night said the company had provided additional information to Cadenhead about posting its material online, and both sides considered the matter closed. It also said the AP was having a "constructive exchange" with a "number of interested parties in the blogging community" about the relationship between bloggers and news providers, and intended to continue the dialogue............
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4 comments:
I think you just violated the AP's fair use doctrine . . . be prepared for a hefty fine. ;)
they can't take what i don't have.....
They will be looking to reopen debtor prisons sometime soon. You know I'm all for somebody with an invention of new idea making a buck off of it but this corporate capitalism that dominates life in this country is with out any humanity making it as evil as the now dead bogeyman of communism.
amen brother!
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