The AP Saga Part III - hoist on a Techcrunch petard

Thursday, June 19. 2008

The AP Saga Part III - hoist on a Techcrunch petard

You can't make it up - from TechCrunch - see here and here for our earlier posts:

But now the A.P. has gone too far. They’ve quoted twenty-two words from one of our posts, in clear violation of their warped interpretation of copyright law.....

.....So I’ve called my lawyers (really) and have asked them to deliver a DMCA takedown demand to the A.P. And I will also be sending them a bill for $12.50 with that letter, which is exactly what the A.P. would have charged me if I published a 22 word quote from one of their articles.

What goes around truly comes around, Part IV is eagerly awaited - we told you to sit back and enjoy the fireworks

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