http://trueslant.com/justingardner/2009/07/24/the-ap-officially-goes-insane/ [Please go to 'Settings' to change your Tagline] Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:21:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://trueslant.com/justingardner/2009/07/24/the-ap-officially-goes-insane/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Justin Gardner - Political Pulse – Sheperd Fairey Lied. But That Doesn’t Make His Use Of Obama Photo Wrong. - True/Slant Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:00:10 +0000 http://trueslant.com/justingardner/?p=374#comment-189 [...] They’ve done similar things with bloggers in the past, and their policies are, in a word, nuts. Because they literally expect people to pay to use even a tiny snippet of their writing or posting [...] [...] They’ve done similar things with bloggers in the past, and their policies are, in a word, nuts. Because they literally expect people to pay to use even a tiny snippet of their writing or posting [...]

]]> http://trueslant.com/justingardner/2009/07/24/the-ap-officially-goes-insane/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Justin Gardner - Political Pulse – Reuters To AP: Stop Whining - True/Slant Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:31:15 +0000 http://trueslant.com/justingardner/?p=374#comment-58 [...] knew it had to happen sometime. AP’s ludicrous policies were ripe for the competition to take full advantage and it looks like Reuters is right there to [...] [...] knew it had to happen sometime. AP’s ludicrous policies were ripe for the competition to take full advantage and it looks like Reuters is right there to [...]

]]> http://trueslant.com/justingardner/2009/07/24/the-ap-officially-goes-insane/comment-page-1/#comment-26 lann Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:31:55 +0000 http://trueslant.com/justingardner/?p=374#comment-26 The AP's decision to block (wrap) itself from inclusion on search engines, in all likelihood, will lead to its being "hoisted by its own petard," a phrase I have longed to find a proper place to employ (hope this was the right place). Print news is so near collapse that online accessibility constitutes the remaining path to relevancy. The move away from "ownership" of the news brings freedom, the freedom to know. Beyond any other advancement, the Internet provides communication on the grandest scale - instantly to the world. The AP’s decision to block (wrap) itself from inclusion on search engines, in all likelihood, will lead to its being “hoisted by its own petard,” a phrase I have longed to find a proper place to employ (hope this was the right place). Print news is so near collapse that online accessibility constitutes the remaining path to relevancy. The move away from “ownership” of the news brings freedom, the freedom to know. Beyond any other advancement, the Internet provides communication on the grandest scale – instantly to the world.

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