The AP Not So Happy About Reporting Restrictions When It Goes In The Other Direction
from the good-for-us,-not-for-them dept
Well, this is amusing. Remember how the AP is trying to limit how others can report on or make use of AP news? Right. Hold that thought. Now remember how the Southeastern Conference (SEC) is trying to restrict how both the fans and reporters can report on games? Well, you know what's coming next. Stephen points out that the AP is now protesting the SEC's policies. Apparently, the AP is only a fan of such reporting restrictions when it impacts others rather than themselves. The full letter (pdf) sent to the SEC by the AP and some other reporting groups takes issue with many of the restrictions, and apparently doesn't notice the irony in the fact that the AP is trying to restrict others in much the same way.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Sure, now convince them of this.
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These aren't the contradictions your looking for.
The AP can go about its business.
Move along.
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If this loonacy continues...
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Take that!
Im going to go for 2 until i do 1.
This is pretty sad all around. Really both should be beaten by consumers.
And I am a consumer of the SEC
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Implosion imminent?
Not directly related to this particular instance of the AP's shennanigans, Jay says, "Thankfully, once the AP's DRM kicks in, I'll have a nice, simple way to screen out all the endlessly duplicated AP clone-stories from my feeds and get the actual analysis and opinion about the sports -- and other subjects -- I truly care about."
Hm.
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Open and almost free offer to ALL news org that use the AP....
The offer is simple I will remove all AP charges from your books by making them superfluous (serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being). What I need is the following....
What does the AP do for you?
Who are the other news orgs that subscribe?
What are the contractual agreements with other news orgs?
How much are you being charged by AP?
Simply put AP is no longer needed and can be replaced by technology.
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