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AP Targets Blog Excerpts With DMCA Notices

Posted by Soulskill on from the out-of-cite-out-of-mind dept.

Ian Lamont points us to The Industry Standard, which reports that the Associated Press has filed DMCA takedown notices against news site 'The Drudge Retort' for excerpting portions of AP news releases. The site's creator, Rogers Cadenhead, has posted his analysis of the letters sent to him by the AP. Employees of the AP have defended the notices in posts on various blogs, saying, "We get concerned when we feel the use is more reproduction than reference, or when others are encouraged to cut and paste. That's not good for original content creators; nor is it consistent with the link-based culture of the Internet that you and others have cultivated so well."

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  1. Just another attack on Fair Use by SpaceLifeForm · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Unless you steal an entire article, but just excerpt reasonable snippets, you are exercising your 'Fair Use' right under copyright law.

    Don't forget the attribution!

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  2. What really bugs me by Maxo-Texas · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In the local city paper in texas, they have a 6", one column story about how someone in Kansas was killed. This person is not otherwise newsworthy.

    1st... WHO CARES????
    2nd... This creates the impression that the world is a lot more dangerous place than it really is.
    3rd... again.. who cares? This isn't a famous person- they have no ties to texas... there is no reason for it to be reported anywhere in texas.

    It's like talking about how wild monkeys are attacking a village in india last year.

    I want my local paper to have local news. Heck, tell me about the flood control changes they plan ahead of time (instead of afterwards)- tell me about something happening in other texas cities.

    The national stories should be in a national section and should be significant- not random.

    Really bugs me.

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