I believe that quoting and links are the foundation of the blogshere and social media just as sound bites are to the Daily Show and other fun fake news. In support of Michael Arrington, for what it’s worth I will follow suit in banning AP from this blog:
The A.P. doesn’t get to make it’s own rules around how its content is used, if those rules are stricter than the law allows. So even thought they say they are making these new guidelines in the spirit of cooperation, it’s clear that, like the RIAA and MPAA, they are trying to claw their way to a set of property rights that don’t exist today and that they are not legally entitled to. And like the RIAA and MPAA, this is done to protect a dying business model - paid content.
(Via TechCrunch.)
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