Aug 26 2008
Is The Associated Press Attempting to Re-define What Constitutes Fair Use?
Apparently the AP is taking issue with the use of its content (including both text and photos) by bloggers who are relying on the U.S. Copyright law doctrine of “Fair Use” (which allows the use/reproduction of copyrighted material for the purposes of critiquing such content without the permission of the copyright holder) as a shield from liability for copyright infringement claims. In recent months the AP has issues multiple DMCA-takedown notices to social discussion/blog websites, including seven notices to the news discussion site “Drudge Retort” (http://www.drudge.com/cadenhead.htm), written by Rogers Cadenhead, and a notice to the blog site known as “Snapped Shot” (http://www.newshoggers.com/blog/2008/06/fair-use-and-th.html), which features and critiques certain news photos. The AP is claiming that such sites are misappropriating its content and that such sites’ claims of “fair use” in connection therewith are invalid. Continue Reading »
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