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AP Says "Share Your Revenue, Or Face Lawsuits"

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Easy steps by Thanshin · · Score: 5, Funny

    1 - Tell someone a story.
    2 - Wait till he tells the same story to someone else.
    3 - Sue.

    A great plan indeed. I can't foresee any way it may fail.

  2. My 22 pence worth by flyingfsck · · Score: 4, Funny

    My website generates about 44 cents in Google revenue per day. The newspapers of the world are in for a surprise.

    --
    Excuse me, but please get off my Pennisetum Clandestinum, eh!
  3. Link to the original article by Bearhouse · · Score: 5, Funny

    [censored]

  4. Don't these guys read the news? by bobbuck · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, but just the AP.