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A major news agency has claimed that a blog’s quotation of its stories is copyright infringement
and has demanded they be taken down in a case which could redraw the lines of acceptable blog behaviour.
The writer behind the blog has told OUT-LAW.COM that if AP continues its case it will be taking on the entire blogosphere. “Linking to news articles with short excerpts is common practice throughout the web, both on individual blogs and on social news sites,” said Rogers Cadenhead, who is behind blog Drudge Retort. “If AP intends to fight this one out, it’ll be the case of AP v. Everybody.”
