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Overly restrictive A.P. quoting guidelines risk winning battles at the war’s expense

zdnet.com » 2008 » June » 17th » Overly restrictive A.P. quoting guidelines risk winning battles at the war’s expense

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Saul Hansell reports today that the Associated Press "will, for the first time, attempt to define clear standards as to how much of its articles and broadcasts bloggers and Web sites can excerpt without infringing on The A.P.’s copyright." The problem with “clear standards” is that as Tim Wu (quoted in the article) correctly points out, the legal standard is unclear, and subject to Continue Reading »


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