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AP To Charge For Quoting As Little As Five Words, Prohibits Licensees From Critisizing Them

Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 - 12:40pm
Keywords: unethical business practices, patents trademarks and copyright, fair use, associated press

It’s hard to believe the AP's recent behavior could be more odious than what’s already been discussed, but on Boing Boing, Cory Doctorow spots further humdingers in their fine print.

First, their licensing system explicitly recruits people to "report piracy"--"you may be eligible for a reward of up to $1 million"! Remember, the Associated Press believes you should have to pay in order to quote as few as five words from their content, so that's a lot of piracy-reportin' to be done, junior woodchucks.

Second, their Terms of Use explicitly prohibit you, even if you've paid them, from quoting the Associated Press in order to criticize the Associated Press

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