Comments on: AP to charge bloggers $2.50 per word for quotes http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/06/17/ap-to-charge-bloggers-250-per-word-for-quotes/ Technology news Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:15:02 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: das epsilon http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/06/17/ap-to-charge-bloggers-250-per-word-for-quotes/comment-page-1/#comment-102450 das epsilon Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:14:24 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/06/17/ap-to-charge-bloggers-250-per-word-for-quotes/#comment-102450 next step is charging $12.50 for reading five words.. ;) next step is charging $12.50 for reading five words.. ;)

]]> By: Alexander Vollmer http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/06/17/ap-to-charge-bloggers-250-per-word-for-quotes/comment-page-1/#comment-102438 Alexander Vollmer Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:20:23 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/06/17/ap-to-charge-bloggers-250-per-word-for-quotes/#comment-102438 In the above story and the comments the word "AP" is used 13 and more times, thats more than 5 words from their articles ... ... they can proof that its quoted from one of their articles, guess you must pay now. Also be aware that a plain view on the statistics show that the millions of articles from AP must contain each possible phrase of five contiguous english words. "The Berlin Wall fell in 1989" and "AP" alone gives over 700 hits in Google. Its a six word quote from several AP articles. I will buy some yarn and sew my mouth before they sue it. In the above story and the comments the word “AP” is used 13 and more times, thats more than 5 words from their articles …

… they can proof that its quoted from one of their articles, guess you must pay now. Also be aware that a plain view on the statistics show that the millions of articles from AP must contain each possible phrase of five contiguous english words. “The Berlin Wall fell in 1989″ and “AP” alone gives over 700 hits in Google. Its a six word quote from several AP articles.

I will buy some yarn and sew my mouth before they sue it.

]]> By: Ralph http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:/2008/06/17/ap-to-charge-bloggers-250-per-word-for-quotes/comment-page-1/#comment-102163 Ralph Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:02:43 +0000 http://tech.blorge.com/Structure: /2008/06/17/ap-to-charge-bloggers-250-per-word-for-quotes/#comment-102163 How can one restrict news and information? Isn't that CENSORSHIP? So if a friend asks you if their favorite team won, you are not allowed to tell them if you got it from a AP source? "Yes Joe, a team did win the game. But I am sworn under copyright not to tell anyone" "Steve can you give me a link to the site were I might find that information?" "Sorry Joe, I am sworn under copyright not to give that out either" I thought the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. Guess I was mistaken. How can one restrict news and information? Isn’t that CENSORSHIP?

So if a friend asks you if their favorite team won, you are not allowed to tell them if you got it from a AP source?

“Yes Joe, a team did win the game. But I am sworn under copyright not to tell anyone”

“Steve can you give me a link to the site were I might find that information?”

“Sorry Joe, I am sworn under copyright not to give that out either”

I thought the Berlin Wall fell in 1989. Guess I was mistaken.

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