Why, why, why do some media outlets refuse to accept that technology changes everything?
Mr. Kennedy said that the organization has not withdrawn its request that Drudge Retort remove the seven items. And he said that he still believes that it is more appropriate for blogs to use short summaries of A.P. articles rather than direct quotations, even short ones.
Why, why, why would AP not want to have their writers cited directly far and wide? Markos makes a connection noting that AP is "an organization famous for taking its members work without credit."
Well, at least I can follow their logic, they are putting Brand AP first, however their strategy of limiting how bloggers link to their work is pretty dumb. Why not capitalize on the viral nature of how information spreads on the internet?
Incidentally, AP is "full of shit" regarding their demands as they are on the wrong side of copyright law. But to me that isn't even the point of why this move is so moronic. Limiting the use of your content in the internet age is just asking to become irrelevant.
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