The Associated Press unleashed a firestorm in the blogosphere last week when it claimed that Drudge Retort, a left-wing alternative to the conservative blog Drudge Report, had committed copyright infringement by linking to and briefly quoting several AP articles. Bloggers everywhere were surprised to learn that the AP expects bloggers to pay for the privilege of brief quotations from its articles. Want to quote 5 words from an AP article? The AP wants you to pay $12.50. Want to post and comment on a 60-word statement by a presidential candidate from an AP story? That’ll be $25.
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