Comments on: The Associated Press: FAIL!

By: Goran Web Design

Goran Web Design — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:20:10 +0000

I agree JT, Ban them. Has anything heard anything since this post was first created, have AP seen the light yet.

By: JT

JT — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:35:19 +0000

Ban them, absolutely ban their stories, don’t link to them at all. It’s by far the best revenge.

Any story they write, if you really want to you can research yourself based on their lead.

By: Seologia

Seologia — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:54:08 +0000

Saw the FAIL! pic and it reminded me of one of the best blogs there are out there: http://www.failblog.org.

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By: Asif Anwar

Asif Anwar — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:51:53 +0000

The best way for AP to restrain people from quoting them is not to have a site at all. If they go on suing bloggers like that, then what will happen to their reputation? Asif Anwar's last blog post..13 Prophecies of Internet Marketing - The Near & Far Future of Online Marketing

By: Eva White

Eva White — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:03:23 +0000

AP might be getting too big for its boots. High time it realised that no one can monitor the net like this. If they continue in the same vein poeple will learn to do without them. They are quite depensable. Eva White's last blog post..Canada’s Apology To The Indian People

By: Goran Web Design

Goran Web Design — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:29:55 +0000

I think they forget how much impact us bloggers have. I say you should ban them.

By: Asif Anwar

Asif Anwar — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:40:04 +0000

Just like when a celebrity slaps his own fan. AP should be punished for that, no matter how good the celebrity is. Asif Anwar's last blog post..13 Prophecies of Internet Marketing - The Near & Far Future of Online Marketing

By: Ruben Zevallos Jr.

Ruben Zevallos Jr. — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:55:59 +0000

They forgot how the get huge visitors and marketing… is from those Blogs and other kind of sites…

By: Redoubt

Redoubt — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:52:12 +0000

The whole thing here is to trash Fair Use and replace it with soemthing that they (AP) can control. By creating the ruckus, they can now offer a small crumb to the poor bloggers that is neither Fair or Useful.

Just say NO to anything but Fair Use!

By: Warenwirtschaft

Warenwirtschaft — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:52:56 +0000

Please ban them. I am really fed up with big companies trying to put the power on smaller market-players. Sending their armada of attorneys to some blogger is really bad style and they should pay for it.
Of course they want to build up a new market and want to have money from bloggers. But that only shows that they dont understand the internet at all.

By: Matt McGee

Matt McGee — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:42:40 +0000

Deja vu! In 1996, I received an email from an AP bigwig demanding that I remove the two AP stories I posted on my U2 web site. I removed them, and decided at that moment to never post another AP story on the site again. 12 years later, that ban is still in effect. Andy - I'd ban them until they come to their senses. There are plenty of other news sites/sources out there. Matt McGee's last blog post..Another Week of Blogging

By: Web Marketing Man

Web Marketing Man — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:21:55 +0000

If associated press want to be rude, the same can apply in reverse. Boycott their articles, and see them come grovelling after a few months!

By: D&G

D&G — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:16:06 +0000

Definitely ban them. With no blogger linking to them, they will see their rankings go down, and loose all the direct traffic. I wonder how fast they will give in when that happens. Dependence can be a bitch, and Search engine traffic a crack house... D&G's last blog post..San Francisco billboards

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By: Andrew Miller

Andrew Miller — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:07:11 +0000

There are two important considerations here:

1. A “ban” by hundreds or thousands of bloggers is only going to result in considerably MORE coverage and exposure for the AP by the thousands of other bloggers and more “mainstream” media that will cover the issue.

2. The AP will learn (or remember) that the Internet is a two-way conversation between the publisher and the reader. Newspapers, TV and radio don’t have feedback or trackback mechanisms so the old way doesn’t work online.

The AP is getting dinged by this backlash and will hopefully evolve and adapt their policies.

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By: Symbian

Symbian — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:08:26 +0000

Quoting other sources lead to downshifting of your post in search engines, so this technic is not too popular. Symbian's last blog post..Nokia S60 Symbian Windows Live client available in Europe

By: PS3

PS3 — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:22:06 +0000

I’d be interested to know who would win the day if this goes the full way through the courts.

By: Thomas Mc

Thomas Mc — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:30:28 +0000

When AP finds itself banned by a million or so bloggers, they will have nobody to blame but their own greed for power.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:13:24 +0000

I remember reading “How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life” by Kaavya Viswanathan, over news press. She can’t write and pass Harvard. Later, she dropped out.

As for today, I’m happy how AP handle works professionally. It is time for AP journalists to seriously and attack Grammar Nazi for stealing without quoting. Most bloggers don’t pay license fee.

I feel sorry for Michael Arrington. Because he can’t write like other Tech journalists. He copied AP journalists works. He claim he got articles first.

Nice try…Better sign Petition. Because AP have best and brightest lawyers to sue Techcrunch.