AP Says "Share Your Revenue, Or Face Lawsuits"

Posted by timothy on Tuesday April 7, 2009 @01:35AM from the involuntary-disassociation dept.

eldavojohn writes "The Associated Press is starting to feel the bite of the economic recession and said on Monday that they will 'work with portals and other partners who legally license our content and will seek legal and legislative remedies against those who don't.' They are talking about everything from search engines to aggregators that link to news articles and some sites that reproduce the whole news article. The article notes that in Europe legislative action has blocked Google from using news articles from some outlets similar to what was discussed here last week."

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Uh... no. by PontifexMaximus · 2009-04-07 01:41 · Score: 1, Flamebait

So I take it they are going to sue each and every one of us? I mean who hasn't linked to an AP article at some time in the last year? I know I have on several occasions, mainly to point out the stupidity, arrogance and incompetence of our repugnant new administration here in the US.
I wish them luck with that, I mean the RIAA has done so stellar with their lawsuits.

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