Not sure if this would concern Milnet but I didn't see any mention of it:
Google insists news service's complaint not directed its way
Last Updated: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 | 1:21 PM ET CBC News
'We must be paid fully and fairly,' Dean Singleton, CEO of MediaNews Group, Inc., and chairman of the Associated Press board of directors, told the AP annual meeting Monday. (Reed Saxon/Associated Press)The Associated Press plans to send more of its lawyers after news aggregators and other websites that post its articles online without permission.
"We can no longer stand by and watch others walk off with our work under misguided legal theories," said Dean Singleton, chair of the U.S.-based co-operative news network in a statement at AP's annual meeting in San Diego on Monday. "We are mad as hell, and we are not going to take it any more."
Singleton reported that over the weekend, AP's board of directors agreed unanimously to "take all actions necessary" to protect its news and digital content from "misappropriation on the internet." He added that he believes the co-operative's members, which include 1,400 daily newspapers in the U.S., will join its fight.
"AP and its member newspapers and broadcast associate members are the source of most of the news content being created in the world today," Singleton said. "We must be paid fully and fairly."
AP said in a news release that its strategy is to:
- Develop a system to track online content and determine whether it is being legally used.
- Create new search pages to direct readers to news content from AP and its members over other sources.
- Work with partners who properly license content.
- Pursue legal and legislative actions against those who do not.
Full story available at http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/07/tech-090407-ap-online-news-aggregators.html
Google insists news service's complaint not directed its way
Last Updated: Tuesday, April 7, 2009 | 1:21 PM ET CBC News
'We must be paid fully and fairly,' Dean Singleton, CEO of MediaNews Group, Inc., and chairman of the Associated Press board of directors, told the AP annual meeting Monday. (Reed Saxon/Associated Press)The Associated Press plans to send more of its lawyers after news aggregators and other websites that post its articles online without permission.
"We can no longer stand by and watch others walk off with our work under misguided legal theories," said Dean Singleton, chair of the U.S.-based co-operative news network in a statement at AP's annual meeting in San Diego on Monday. "We are mad as hell, and we are not going to take it any more."
Singleton reported that over the weekend, AP's board of directors agreed unanimously to "take all actions necessary" to protect its news and digital content from "misappropriation on the internet." He added that he believes the co-operative's members, which include 1,400 daily newspapers in the U.S., will join its fight.
"AP and its member newspapers and broadcast associate members are the source of most of the news content being created in the world today," Singleton said. "We must be paid fully and fairly."
AP said in a news release that its strategy is to:
- Develop a system to track online content and determine whether it is being legally used.
- Create new search pages to direct readers to news content from AP and its members over other sources.
- Work with partners who properly license content.
- Pursue legal and legislative actions against those who do not.
Full story available at http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/07/tech-090407-ap-online-news-aggregators.html
