Wait for It…The AP Uses Content from A Blog

Yes, really. The content is from a post at the blog of an LA attorney who writes under the pseudonym of Patterico. The post was a letter from embattled Judge Alex Kozinski’s wife, Marcy Tiffany, who was defending her husband from what she calls false accusations by the LA Times.
Now here’s the AP’s story.
A federal [...]


AP Now Attempting to Charge $2.50 Per…Word

Apparently under the impression that its the only news organization in existence that doesn’t need to follow federal fair use laws, the Associated Press now wants to charge bloggers about $2.50…per word. No, I’m not kidding.
As we wait with bated breath for the Associated Press to come down from the mountain with its own rules [...]


Meet the Bulbcap

Meet the Bulbcap by MollaSpace. Unlike your typical lampshade, the Bulbcap is directly applied to the lightbulb, leaving some *cough* Gizmodo *cough* to place their minds firmly in the gutter.
Simply pull the “shade” over any typical lightbulb under 40 watts:

and you’ve got a….an….er…..let’s face it, you’ve got a conversation piece.
As a bonus, the Bulbcap is [...]


MySpace Hoax Mom Pleads Not Guilty

Lori Drew, a Missouri woman on trial for her alleged role in a teenager’s suicide after she allegedly created a fake MySpace account to taunt the 13-year-old, plead not guilty to conspiracy and other charges in a federal court today.
The trial centers around the October 2006 suicide death of St. Louis area resident Megan Meier, [...]


Am I Missing Something With This AP Story?

The blogosphere is rightfully upset over the Associated Press’ sending of notices to a lefty blog to stop using quotes from their articles. They asserted that the use of the content somehow infringed their copyright. TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington wrote:
The stories over the weekend were bad enough - the Associated Press, with a long history of [...]

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