AP Harasses Own Member Over AP Youtube Videos 106
A reader writes "The Associated Press, who has been acting very bipolar lately about Google News (they get paid by Google for their content, and then complain about Google 'stealing' that content), has another issue with not knowing what their association is up to: they set up a channel on Youtube, and then threatened an AP affiliate for embedding that content."
Re:No future.. (Score:3, Interesting)
If this isn't a reason for far-reaching copyright reform, I don't know what is.
True but be careful what you wish for. There are some extremely rich vested interests who would like nothing more than to be given the chance to find additional revenue streams by legal manipulation.
That's a problem with ill-gotten gains in general - they give additional financial leverage to the very people you don't want to give it to.
Contrast that with how capitalism should work - people who are most productive accumulate resources that expands their influence.
Re:Signing its own death warrant (Score:5, Interesting)
Exactly. Like I said in the AP story two days ago:
A friend of mine tells stories about her little brother, who used to hate taking a bath as a little kid, alternating between "I'm freezing!" and "It's burning my skin off!" every few seconds as excuses to try to get out of the tub.
Re:Ominous (Score:5, Interesting)