unassociatedpress.net— Go here to sign a petition boycotting the Associated Press after they came up with their new regulations on blogs.
Jun 16, 2008View in Crawl 4
AP does not own the market - not in terms of global anyways.And this political blogger network does not adhere to traditional borders.Reuters, AFP, IPS, et al. There are lots of choices.The worst thing that will come out of this boycott is the damage to their brand. In that effect has vagaries of the Streisand Effect.RGK - developer of www.unassociatedpress.net
See INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE v. ASSOCIATED PRESS , 248 U.S. 215 (1918)"But the news element-the information respecting current events contained in the literary production-is not the creation of the writer, but is a report of matters that ordinarily are publici juris; it is the history of the day. It is not to be supposed that the framers of the Constitution, when they empowered Congress 'to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries' (Const. art. 1, 8, par. 8), intended to confer upon one who might happen to be the first to report a historic event the exclusive right for any period to spread the knowledge of it."
kyledebJun 17, 2008Submitter
My bad, I clicked on the link that said digg at this website, but it looks like they've changed it around. Sorry about that.
kyledebJun 17, 2008Submitter
Here's the real thing you should digg:K
jdenigmaJun 17, 2008
First there was f**k the RIAA!Now there's f**k the AP!
ghandiJun 17, 2008
AP does not own the market - not in terms of global anyways.And this political blogger network does not adhere to traditional borders.Reuters, AFP, IPS, et al. There are lots of choices.The worst thing that will come out of this boycott is the damage to their brand. In that effect has vagaries of the Streisand Effect.RGK - developer of www.unassociatedpress.net
Closed AccountJun 17, 2008
That's like telling Americans to boycott Walmart.
edstateJun 17, 2008
While we're at it, let's boycott them for their biased, lazy reporting as well.
chanopJun 17, 2008
See INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE v. ASSOCIATED PRESS , 248 U.S. 215 (1918)"But the news element-the information respecting current events contained in the literary production-is not the creation of the writer, but is a report of matters that ordinarily are publici juris; it is the history of the day. It is not to be supposed that the framers of the Constitution, when they empowered Congress 'to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries' (Const. art. 1, 8, par. 8), intended to confer upon one who might happen to be the first to report a historic event the exclusive right for any period to spread the knowledge of it."