Thursday, April 09, 2009

The AP is Stupid


The next time you read a story from the Associated Press, you might want to remind yourself that the AP is stupid. The Associated Press (AP) is harassing an Associated Press affiliate for using Associated Press content!

You can't make this stuff up. The AP affiliate is here in Tennessee. WTNQ-FM had the audacity to use the embed code of an AP video which they found on the AP's YouTube page.

That's right. The AP has a YouTube page which has video code so that anyone can freely embed the AP videos on anyone's website.

And the AP is harassing an AP affiliate (WTNQ-FM) -- with a cease and desist letter -- for doing exactly that! (There are advertisements on the AP videos!)