tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post9156335576022837664..comments2024-03-26T03:20:19.840-04:00Comments on For Some Value of "Magic": Who Put the "Ass" in Associated Press?Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15732819755000554717noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-23898973311958813182009-08-05T13:53:39.955-04:002009-08-05T13:53:39.955-04:00Oops. I read the linked article, but not your act...Oops. I read the linked article, but not your actual post apparently. :) <br /><br />My comment was pretty much covered by information in your post.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01704275218389858364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-49599009523032932232009-08-05T13:49:41.355-04:002009-08-05T13:49:41.355-04:00The third comment on that article is interesting: ...The third comment on that article is interesting: <br /><br />http://daggle.com/ap-1750-quote-1261#comment-4684 <br /><br />Apparently the AP doesn't even check if they have the right to sell you the content you're trying to license. They just count words and charge you.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01704275218389858364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-70996133319349709032009-08-05T05:10:55.785-04:002009-08-05T05:10:55.785-04:00... and yet, even though they never said it, "...... and yet, even though they never said it, "you may not post this excerpt". Huh? Have they got veto rights on everything they <b>didn't</b> say?Paul Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17557923197983461835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-496482.post-67262396823375979992009-08-05T02:23:19.466-04:002009-08-05T02:23:19.466-04:00A better thing to do would be to license an actual...A better thing to do would be to license an actual part of an article, but one where a 3rd party is being quoted in which that party owns the copyright. Then contact that copyright owner and let them know that the AP sold said license to their words.<br /><br />Granted the AP would have the ability to freely quote someone else under sane interpretations of copyright law. But under their warped sense a license is needed and they will collect it, but that collection and granting of licenseis illegal under federal law.Doug Napoleonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07331585381804299154noreply@blogger.com