Comments on: AP Ready To Attack All Internet Users http://www.lockergnome.com/reflections/2009/04/07/ap-ready-to-attack-all-internet-users/ Technology News, Reviews & How-To Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Kevin http://www.lockergnome.com/reflections/2009/04/07/ap-ready-to-attack-all-internet-users/#comment-67751 Kevin Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:50:38 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/reflections/?p=436#comment-67751 How is this going to affect the vast majority of us? I ONLY see the AP feeds through Yahoo! News (don't get me started on how much of a joke their service is). Since they (Yahoo!) is the one streaming the news - THEY are the ones who are going to have to pay for this. And if they think that ANYONE would PAY Yahoo to read the news on their site - then they have their heads buried VERY deep in the sand (or perhaps some other "dar" place) ;);) How is this going to affect the vast majority of us?

I ONLY see the AP feeds through Yahoo! News (don’t get me started on how much of a joke their service is).

Since they (Yahoo!) is the one streaming the news – THEY are the ones who are going to have to pay for this. And if they think that ANYONE would PAY Yahoo to read the news on their site – then they have their heads buried VERY deep in the sand (or perhaps some other “dar” place) ;) ;)

]]> By: Likaholix Ford ~ Windows Fanatics http://www.lockergnome.com/reflections/2009/04/07/ap-ready-to-attack-all-internet-users/#comment-67750 Likaholix Ford ~ Windows Fanatics Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:55:22 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/reflections/?p=436#comment-67750 [...] the Associated Press going to come after you [...] [...] the Associated Press going to come after you [...]

]]> By: GadgetNut http://www.lockergnome.com/reflections/2009/04/07/ap-ready-to-attack-all-internet-users/#comment-67749 GadgetNut Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:37:01 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/reflections/?p=436#comment-67749 Geez, maybe they're drinking the same Kool-Aid as the MPAA and the RIAA. That "logic" has worked well for them so far.... um.. not. Geez, maybe they’re drinking the same Kool-Aid as the MPAA and the RIAA. That “logic” has worked well for them so far…. um.. not.

]]> By: ThomKing http://www.lockergnome.com/reflections/2009/04/07/ap-ready-to-attack-all-internet-users/#comment-67748 ThomKing Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:09:22 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/reflections/?p=436#comment-67748 Information wants to be FREE! Information wants to be FREE!

]]> By: Rick http://www.lockergnome.com/reflections/2009/04/07/ap-ready-to-attack-all-internet-users/#comment-67747 Rick Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:56:25 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/reflections/?p=436#comment-67747 To me, the rules for plagurism seem pretty straight forward. Simply put, if you didn't author the content, you need to acknowledge the author, and if the author requires payment to reuse their work, the fee needs to be paid. This applies to all intellectual property. The AP may very well price itself out of existance if it demands fees for quoted content. But that is the price any content publisher must face, from music to movies to books through newspaper and online news content. You can easily equate this to the current situation involving music and video content. Currently, the world is in a massive wave of support and popularity for music and movie piracy. An entire generation of people is completely clueless/incredulous/dismissive about the need to pay for any content which they possess. A huge sement of society is now fully in support of the wholesale theft of intellectual property. When the majority of end users are accessing only pirated content and actively participating in the piracy of content, rather than paying their just dues for the accessing the content, there is no revenue incentive for the content producers to produce new content. It's simple economics: nobody wants to work for free. Eventually, the priates, who have become a very large portion of end users, will destroy the production of new content. When that day arrives, the pirates will be stuck listening to or viewing absolute crap produced by those whose works are only worthy of being distributed without a fee, rather than professionally prepared music and videos performed by tlented people, if they want new content. Which is not far from what is available now, so maybe they will be happy with that. Those of us who appreciate content made and produced by actually talented people will be left out in the cold. To me, the rules for plagurism seem pretty straight forward. Simply put, if you didn’t author the content, you need to acknowledge the author, and if the author requires payment to reuse their work, the fee needs to be paid. This applies to all intellectual property. The AP may very well price itself out of existance if it demands fees for quoted content. But that is the price any content publisher must face, from music to movies to books through newspaper and online news content. You can easily equate this to the current situation involving music and video content.

Currently, the world is in a massive wave of support and popularity for music and movie piracy. An entire generation of people is completely clueless/incredulous/dismissive about the need to pay for any content which they possess. A huge sement of society is now fully in support of the wholesale theft of intellectual property. When the majority of end users are accessing only pirated content and actively participating in the piracy of content, rather than paying their just dues for the accessing the content, there is no revenue incentive for the content producers to produce new content. It’s simple economics: nobody wants to work for free.

Eventually, the priates, who have become a very large portion of end users, will destroy the production of new content. When that day arrives, the pirates will be stuck listening to or viewing absolute crap produced by those whose works are only worthy of being distributed without a fee, rather than professionally prepared music and videos performed by tlented people, if they want new content. Which is not far from what is available now, so maybe they will be happy with that. Those of us who appreciate content made and produced by actually talented people will be left out in the cold.

]]> By: » Can You Describe Yourself Using Only One Word? http://www.lockergnome.com/reflections/2009/04/07/ap-ready-to-attack-all-internet-users/#comment-67746 » Can You Describe Yourself Using Only One Word? Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:03:01 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/reflections/?p=436#comment-67746 [...] Is the Associated Press going to come after you next? [...] [...] Is the Associated Press going to come after you next? [...]

]]> By: Don Browne http://www.lockergnome.com/reflections/2009/04/07/ap-ready-to-attack-all-internet-users/#comment-67745 Don Browne Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:41:38 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/reflections/?p=436#comment-67745 The AP came after me when I broadcast a recent Space Shuttle landing live on my daily webcast. They claimed they owned the rights to the video which actually was a NASA feed. I disputed it and they backed away but there is still a notice of the claim on my YouTube page. The video included my commentary as the Shuttle flew over LaBelle, Florida and made a sonic boom: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbfH5pOsOVA (Space Shuttle Makes Sonic Boom Over LaBelle, Florida -Don Browne The AP came after me when I broadcast a recent Space Shuttle landing live on my daily webcast. They claimed they owned the rights to the video which actually was a NASA feed. I disputed it and they backed away but there is still a notice of the claim on my YouTube page.

The video included my commentary as the Shuttle flew over LaBelle, Florida and made a sonic boom:


(Space Shuttle Makes Sonic Boom Over LaBelle, Florida

-Don Browne

]]> By: Can You Describe Yourself Using Only One Word? | Chris Pirillo http://www.lockergnome.com/reflections/2009/04/07/ap-ready-to-attack-all-internet-users/#comment-67744 Can You Describe Yourself Using Only One Word? | Chris Pirillo Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:57:20 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/reflections/?p=436#comment-67744 [...] Is the Associated Press going to come after you next? Ads by GoogleChris williams? - Image, Info, Video - taptu.com/search [...] [...] Is the Associated Press going to come after you next? Ads by GoogleChris williams? – Image, Info, Video – taptu.com/search [...]

]]> By: Dylan Combs http://www.lockergnome.com/reflections/2009/04/07/ap-ready-to-attack-all-internet-users/#comment-67743 Dylan Combs Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:23:06 +0000 http://wp3.lockergnome.com/reflections/?p=436#comment-67743 This kind of crap scares me. Even if we can protect ourselves, its still not good that there are people out there with nothing better to do than delete my family photos via a virus.... This kind of crap scares me. Even if we can protect ourselves, its still not good that there are people out there with nothing better to do than delete my family photos via a virus….

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