F...the AP

If people are posting entire articles with no link to the source I can see them having a problem with that. But going after those posting a link with a brief excerpt is just retarded and I can't think of any good reason why they would have a problem with that. If anything it's driving traffic to the source and doing them a favor.
That's the crux of it - the people they went after are absolutely within the fair use boundaries, so this is just baffling. Unless you consider that they are absolutely clueless how to build a presence in the internet economy. Which is embarrassing for any company in 2008.

I feel like the majority of AP articles that I read are crap anyway. They almost always seem jumbled and rushed, much like my posts.

Maybe I could be an AP writer.

Yep, also inaccurate and often citing "unnamed sources".

The AP is trash.

I feel like the majority of AP articles that I read are crap anyway. They almost always seem jumbled and rushed, much like my posts.

Maybe I could be an AP writer.


You're too objective to work at AP.

Yeah for the past two or three years, the AP has been trying to figure out ways to monetize their online presence. Each idea they come up with is met with resistance and they back down. I wouldn't be surprised if the same happens here.


I want to find a way to monetize the increased use of the word "monetize."