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The Associated Press want's to charge bloggers for excerpts

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:04 am
by greggh
Well, they're completely out of their minds...

http://license.icopyright.net/user/offe ... 9-11-08-34

It will cost you $12.50 to quote as few as 5 words from an article. I would quote their full rate list here, but I don't think I could afford it.

Read more here. http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/ar ... 15888.html

Re: The Associated Press want's to charge bloggers for excerpts

Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:56 am
by eddie
So if you say their name are you technically quoting them?

Re: The Associated Press want's to charge bloggers for excerpts

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:54 am
by thenixedreport
Well the AP can go screw themselves as far as I'm concerned. It's called Fair Use, and I'd love to see them go after everybody.

Re: The Associated Press want's to charge bloggers for excerpts

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:49 am
by allix
There are 100s of new sources on the web , nothing to worry about.

Re: The Associated Press want's to charge bloggers for excerpts

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:56 pm
by reine
allix wrote:There are 100s of new sources on the web , nothing to worry about.
yes, drop the buggers!