My post yesterday about the Associated Press going after one of its own affiliates for embedding videos from the A.P.’s own YouTube channel on its Website caused a bit of a dust-up. As I noted in an update to the original post, the A.P. is now backing down and apologizing. It will allow the videos to go up again.
The A.P. also sent me a statement saying no cease-and-desist letter was ever drafted. And technically, it wasn’t. An A.P. executive delivered his warning to the radio station in an e-mail, which had the same effect as a formal letter. “This was a misunderstanding that has mushroomed into something else entirely,” an A.P.’s spokesman tells me. Here is the A.P. complete official statement:
There was a misunderstanding of YouTube usage when the Tennessee radio station was contacted by the Associated Press regarding the AP’s more extensive online video services. No cease and desist letter was drafted or sent by AP to the station at any time. The AP was trying to offer the station a superior service for their needs.
In other words, at the same time it was threatening the radio station it was trying to convince the station to use its “more extensive online video services,” (that would be OVN), when all the radio station really needs is what the A.P. already makes available on YouTube. At least they apologized.
It’s okay, we never read your stuff anyway, that’s what TC is for, informing us of News. REAL news. Now. Using Twitter. LOL.
Nuts? Or just not an adult and hence – kidding and nothing else?
Yes, I’m clinically insane, thanks for noticing and for pointing it out to the world.
Have a productive week.
Now if only TC would apologize for covering such a lame story. I know that TC is patting themselves on the back for getting it right, but who didn’t, this was more appropriate for tmz.
This time…
The AP was trying to offer the station a superior service for their needs.
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WTF… they found later they can’t charge for Youtube video and resorted to offer it for free…
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“The AP’s more extensive online video services” is what’s formaly known as the “self publishing tool”, glad to see the AP are making use of 21st century technology. At least they are leading by example.
“The AP was trying to offer the station a superior service for their needs”. Their needs or the user needs?
AP: Going Rogue {seesmic_video:{”url_thumbnail”:{”value”:”http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/Q10X6SGfB7_th1.jpg”}”title”:{”value”:”AP: Going Rogue ”}”videoUri”:{”value”:”http://www.seesmic.com/video/0XmHY2wZZv”}}}
“I’ll make em an offer they can’t refuse….oh wait they’re one of our affiliates? oops oh well we have some premium content you know you want some if it, and if you refuse….nevermind this is just a big misunderstanding am I right?
be nice if you could apologise for the misunderstanding of the usage of friendfeed lol
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coot…coot…coot.
Good grief.
They had to apologize, especially if they want to be taken seriously in their efforts to scrub the web of “piracy.”
it reminds of my early days into blogging.. here is an email i wrote to AP
Subject: Re: May I publish AP News Stories with due credit on my Blog
I don’t want to reprint … i meant just copy/pasting ap news on blog site related to my site topic and giving reference like source: AP NEWS or weblink to original news story… i don’t want to publish all stories just related to my site topic i think it’s normal practice that i notice on other websites or blogs they give weblink or mention source like AP News below the news story published on their web site
it’s just related to internet no hard copies publication.
regards
Imran
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damn they offered me two licenses WTF … and i never knew it’s damn big issue over the internet until recenlty…
its clear by this whole incident that the AP is still living in the 20th century and has no desire to move into the future. However it is nice they apologized.
Someone tell these guys it’s 2009! It’s funny to watch some of these old media companies try to adapt. Pathetic actually.
After my post yesterday about the Associated Press going after one of its own affiliates for posting videos from the A.P.’s own YouTube channel on its Website, it caused a bit of a dust-up.
Remedial English, I see a great need. Also, you’re the only one crediting yourself for a scoop here.
Next thing you know, the AP will try to outlaw cassette tapes of AP news broadcast on the radio.
Here’s a great idea: News outlets should stop disseminating AP content altogether. Perhaps, once it becomes clear that their content is not needed, they’ll just go away, so a real news service like McClatchy, which uses actual journalists, can fill the void. This would kill two birds with one stone: we’d start getting stories that involve critical thinking, and we’d be rid of the internet’s very own Keystone Kops.
With such a recent surge of the newspaper industry throwing temper tantrums, it seems more and more clear why they are dying. They are just clueless and come off like some idiot thrashing around in quicksand without realizing the desperate thrashing only makes them sink faster.
This tactic worked so well for the nearly defunct music companies.
Be come relevant or die.
It is amusing to note that they don’t even undestand the technology they are trying to police. Perhaps there is a business here? Helping those hapless fools, who haven’t adapted to the new media, find where they are being infringed and sending out the CnD letter? Probably could charge them big bucks for making them look less like the idiots they are.
Wake up and Smell the Coffee.
Mainstream news sites are crumbling with the advent of sites like Digg, Hookk and reddit. That’s fair use for ya.
RIAA
MPAA
AP
All on the list of stupid litigious corporations we are better without. Who’s next?
Crap!
CRAP!
C-R-A-P !!!
Can someone PLEASE repeat with me how much CRAP is AP trying to throw our way. Pure, unadulterated periodistic CRAP.
So, you send an email with the purpose of conveying a cease and desist notice to one of your affiliates, and then WE are the ones that “misunderstood” the whole thing???
Today, AP is awarded the VINNY VANILLY proce for periodistic crap.
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how fucking self important are you? the fact that it was Kos probably caused more of a dust up you fucking arrogant assholes!
Ahh, this stuff is priceless. The AP needs to remove their head from the sand.
Next week: The AP YouTube channel mysteriously dissappears.
Bets, anyone?
AP has similar embedding deals with ClipSyndicate and Mochila (which lets you embed AP articles as well as photos and video, with ad revenue going to AP), but they probably don’t know they’re doing that, either.
I use a lot of legally available embedded content on my site but I am steering clear of AP whenever I can because I know their reputation.