Comments on: AP responds on blog excerpting

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:03:01 +0000

I guess the first question that comes to mind is, shouldn’t they be going after Digg? Their stated objection seems to apply to Digg.

“We get concerned, however, when we feel the use is more reproduction than reference, or when others are encouraged to cut and paste”.

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By: alan herrell - the head lemur

alan herrell - the head lemur — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:30:57 +0000

Brief Excerpts ‘are’ Fair Use. Says So at the Copyright Office. As you mentioned, the only quibble is the percentage of the excerpt.

The ‘misappropriation of ‘hot news” crap contained in the posting on Rodgers site, is a novel legal theory that was used in a case between two competing news services in 1918, which was more properly a plagiarism and theft case than an infringement or Fair Use Violation.

It looks like the AP wants to be the New RIAA. Probably because the same thing is happening to them that is happening to the record industry.

By: SisterofDot

SisterofDot — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:06:56 +0000

http://techdirt.com/articles/20080613/0117561394.shtml

Here he goes again. Jeff that is.