AP going to make the same mistake as AFP?
I often wonder if I could have worked on my writing style and made it in Journalism. It’s still a passion of mine but I just don’t have the skills, although I am working on a project that may bring me back in touch with this hobby.
Anyway, I have been watching the whole Google News vs. Agence France-Press (AFP) “fight,” basically AFP sued Google for linking to sites that carried their articles. It pissed off all of the customers of AFP because Google News is a good way to be visible. Now the Associated Press has taken notice that Google hid like a scared puppy, and suggested that Google News buys a license for AP content. If Google does end up buying the license they should just send anyone interested in an AP story to their own news page with ads and such. They have the demand, they would have the license, they might as well have the profits. That should really piss off AP’s other customers.
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