AP Quotes Blogger In Discussing Bloggers Quoting AP; Hilarity En...

Courtesy Techdirt  Fri, 06/20/2008 - 01:30

The ongoing ridiculous situation brewing between bloggers and the Associated Press has now taken a turn towards the enjoyably hilarious.

We had already mentioned the fact that, despite the AP's complaints that bloggers quoting less than 100 words were violating fair use, the AP had a long history of quoting more than 100 words from bloggers -- and not even linking back to the original blog.

Now, in a bit of ultimate irony, the AP's own article ...

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