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AP will sue if you embed their Youtube

“Here is another great moment in A.P. history. In its quest to become the RIAA of the newspaper industry, the A.P.’s executives and lawyers are beginning to match their counterparts in the music industry for cluelessness. A country radio station in Tennessee, WTNQ-FM, received a cease-and-desist letter from an A.P. vice president of affiliate relations for posting videos from the A.P.’s official Youtube channel on its Website..A.P. accused the station [an AP affiliate] of “stealing their licensed content.” techcrunch

Apr 9th, 2009 • Category: News

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  1. [...] Put a video on YouTube, and then sue another site for embedding it? COME ON, AP! Totally ridiculous. It’s like the lady suing McDonald’s for serving hot coffee. [...]

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