AP: Tech Coming To Stop "Wholesale Theft" on 'Net

Matthew Lasar wrote in Ars Technica
AP: tech coming to stop "wholesale theft" on 'Net

One wonders how much the blogs AP didn't like then resemble the blogs Bridis now says he thinks would be OK. History may play a role in the decision-making process. Robert Cox of the Media Bloggers Association, which helped Cadenhead, noted that, prior to this notorious case, Retort had indeed posted various AP articles in their entirety, which is what had first drawn the company's ire. "AP is not on some wild rampage through the blogosphere, lawyering up to to go after every blogger who quotes an AP story in any way," Cox insisted. "Yet that is how this story has been portrayed, including by a lot of people who should know better but are having too much fun bashing AP."