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1. Comment - AP sends anti-Drudge blogger a DMCA takedown notice

   (Jun 13, 2008 - 11:31 PM)

   The AP's head honcho of "Strategy" Jim Kennedy has said in relation to this issue: "The Associated Press encourages the engagement of bloggers -- large and small -- in the news conversation of the day. Some of the largest blogs are licensed to display AP stories in full on a regular basis. We genuinely value and encourage referring links to our coverage, and even offer RSS feeds from www.ap.org, as do many of our licensed customers."
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   I think the unsaid meaning here is bloggers are free to particpate in the news conversation of the day as long as you pay the AP. It's pretty clear from recent lawsuits that the Associated Press feels entitled to own the news. The AP has enjoyed a monopoly for probably much too long I fear.
   
   The facts of the news are in the Public Domain the facts of the news are Publici juris and no business may own the rights to fact not even the AP.
   
   It is also clear that the AP has made the "Strategic" decision to use the faulty and nebulous doctrine of Hot News misappropriation as web 2.0, the internet and modern communications threaten their very existence.