Blogger under attack from AP
The blogs are aflame over Snapped Shot going dark because of a lawsuit from Associated Press for using their photos. I first heard of it from Ace of Spades, then I got an email from Lamplighter. Little Green Footballs has a post up as well as Confederate Yankee , The Jawa Report and Gateway Pundit.
I use a lot of AP pictures, too, but not in the same way that Snapped Shot used them but I always attribute and link back the photos to AP and the photographer if I have the information. It appears that AP is just trying to squelch criticism of their journalistic integrity.
I guess it’s easy to file a lawsuit against a poor cottage-industry blogger that can’t afford the same legal battle that a giant like AP can engage.
I know we’ve a got lawyer or two that read this blog – if you can give Mr Ledbetter some advice or help, please contact him.
What? The paragon of virtue (otherwise known as the AP) is engaging in intimidation tactics?
I spit on the AP because they squelch stories from rising above the regional wires that do not fit their template.
Bloggers are being intimidated from many sources because they are upsetting the status quo.
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Gawd forbid a blogger should question the “journalistic integrity” of AP’s blatant socialist agenda. They’ve got terrorists posing as “embedded reporters” and now they threaten people with legal action if they dare to point out the discrepencies in their doctored photos.
The only way to combat this is to give the AP a flame-blogging they won’t forget. I’ll do my part.