W00t! sends Associated Press a bill for quoting its blog

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W00t! sends Associated Press a bill for quoting its blog

Cory Doctorow at 10:54 PM Tuesday, Jul 6, 2010

When W00t! posted its delightful notice about being acquired by Amazon, it was picked up and re-run by blogs all over the net. Not wanting to miss out on the action, the Associated Press ran the story and the text, too.

One problem: the AP has previously told bloggers that quotations -- however brief -- should be licensed before publication. They even offer these licenses. For a small fee, AP will generously allow you to quote one of its articles on your blog (provided that you don't do so in a way that criticizes the AP, of course, and they reserve the right to take the quote back at any time).

So W00t! sent the AP a bill for $17.50 for the quotation: Oh, and find the bill here:

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/07/06/w00t-sends-associate.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+boingboing/iBag+(Boing+Boing)

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