TechDirt Kicks Sand on the Association Press
August 12, 2009
I have a simple solution to the Associated Press’s policy regarding addled geese quoting from AP news stories. I may mention a story, but I point out that I am not going to quote from a story so the reader can scurry to the AP source and get the news strait from the horse’s mouth. TechDirt’s “Rewriting an AP Story Just to Show We Can” took a different approach. TechDirt deconstructed an AP “news” story and revealed to my surprise that most of the story was a rehash. The addled goose was stunned. TechDirt said:
You can’t copyright facts nor can you claim copyright limits anyone’s right to restate the facts."
The AP has had sand kicked in its face, digitally and logically, of course. Actual sand would have been assault.
Stephen Arnold, August 11, 2009
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