The Associated Press has announced its plan to launch an initiative to protect news content from "misappropriation" online. "We can no longer stand by and watch others walk off with our work under misguided legal theories," says AP Chairman Dean Singleton.
The AP claims to be developing a system to track content distributed online to determine if it is being legally used. The initiative would apparently also include the development of new search pages that point users to the "latest and most authoritative sources" of breaking news. Staci D. Kramer at paidContent.org
The AP has been attached to a history of online content-related controversy seeking special treatment from Google.
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