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We're not going to pay AP's extortion fees and we're not going to allow them to control free speech!
Recent AP vs fair use threads ^
| June 17, 2008
| Jim Robinson
Posted on 06/17/2008 1:23:48 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
This is our Boston tea Party.
The Associated Press wants to levy a $12.50 and up license fee (aka extortion fee) on any blogger who quotes more than 4 words from one of their propaganda pieces. This is an outrageous attempt to control the blogosphere and free speech itself. To hell with their license fee and to hell with the AP. Any AP article that gets posted to FR will be jettisoned into the harbor posthaste.
Please do not post any AP material to FR excerpted or not.
TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: achillwind; agitprop; americanpravda; antiamericanpress; ap; apbias; associatedpress; asspress; censorship; copyright; dbm; fairuse; faq; fascists; freepspeech; freespeech
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To: Jim Robinson
They should be taken to court.
501
posted on
07/10/2008 8:11:16 AM PDT
by
Impy
(Hey Barack, you're ugly and your wife smells.)
To: Jim Robinson
I have read over a good chunk of the responses on this thread and haven't seen any detailed recognition of the effort, cost, sacrifice and tribulation you endured during the Clinton Administration in fighting the lengthy and long Washington Post et. al. challenge to the "Fair Use" provisions of the copy-wrong laws and constitutional issues involved.
I think it is important to recognize and specifically thank you for the earlier battle you waged over many years in support of internet sunshine on the complicity of media in government and ideological corruption and to express recognition that it would be stupid for you to become the test case again with the cost involved for a small venture like FR and due to the case history built up from the prior battle.
The blood and guts you spent is acknowledged and we hope others show in a new campaign at least half the energey and effort you provided in the earlier struggle.
502
posted on
07/10/2008 8:43:25 AM PDT
by
KC Burke
(Men of intemperate minds can never be free...their passions forge their fetters.)
To: Jim Robinson
Not a problem, sir. Duly noted.
503
posted on
07/16/2008 12:12:26 AM PDT
by
T Lady
(The Mainstream Media: Public Enemy #1)
To: Jim Robinson
We have a sewage treatment plant. It was named after a famous local. It was not derogatory in any way. It was a massive, creative engineering achievement.
504
posted on
07/18/2008 6:45:34 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
To: Jim Robinson
505
posted on
07/18/2008 6:51:08 AM PDT
by
TornadoAlley3
('GOP' : Get Our Petroleum)
To: reagan_fanatic
506
posted on
07/19/2008 10:14:57 PM PDT
by
Ciexyz
To: Jim Robinson
Anyone here have the cash to take this to court. I truly believe this violates the “fair use” doctrine....
But will take DEEP pockets to fight this.
507
posted on
07/26/2008 5:11:51 PM PDT
by
TheBattman
(Vote your conscience, or don't complain about RINOs!)
To: Fishtalk
So how does this play into the fact that many other MSM articles are actually AP derived?
508
posted on
07/26/2008 5:13:29 PM PDT
by
TheBattman
(Vote your conscience, or don't complain about RINOs!)
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