Comments on: Associated Press Declares War on Blogs and Search Engines http://www.poligazette.com/2009/07/25/associated-press-declares-war-on-blogs-and-search-engines/ Because Common Sense Transcends Distance Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:45:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Eric Muhammad http://www.poligazette.com/2009/07/25/associated-press-declares-war-on-blogs-and-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-98906 Eric Muhammad Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:04:03 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=15347#comment-98906 I think any News organization take that position and published any article from the AP should be boycotted against. Freedom of the Internet is the order of the day! I think any News organization take that position and published any article from the
AP should be boycotted against. Freedom of the Internet is the order of the day!

]]> By: Matt Visser http://www.poligazette.com/2009/07/25/associated-press-declares-war-on-blogs-and-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-98855 Matt Visser Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:47:30 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=15347#comment-98855 Reminds of the story of the kid who didn't like the way all the other children played in the playground and shouted, "It's my ball, I'm going home!" The kids left behind didn't have to wait long before someone brought a new ball to play with, but they stayed in the playground, while the kid that took his ball home ended up playing all by himself. ball = content AP = lonely kid The playground and the way we play in it is not going to change as a result of one kid moaning. It's evolved through the way we all use it. Play on AP, I'm sure there are other publishers willing to come to the playground and fill the gap. Reminds of the story of the kid who didn’t like the way all the other children played in the playground and shouted, “It’s my ball, I’m going home!”
The kids left behind didn’t have to wait long before someone brought a new ball to play with, but they stayed in the playground, while the kid that took his ball home ended up playing all by himself.

ball = content
AP = lonely kid

The playground and the way we play in it is not going to change as a result of one kid moaning. It’s evolved through the way we all use it. Play on AP, I’m sure there are other publishers willing to come to the playground and fill the gap.

]]> By: Wogan http://www.poligazette.com/2009/07/25/associated-press-declares-war-on-blogs-and-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-98818 Wogan Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:27:27 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=15347#comment-98818 Well, news companies like AP hate the web because it's a factory of infinite supply. Journalism (news), in all its forms, can be infinitely reproduced online - and thanks to that, people expect the price to be zero. Except that AP & other Trad. media companies have built fortunes on artificially limited supply, so naturally, they'll do everything they can to ensure artificial scarcity. This move shouldn't really come as a surprise. What will be interesting now is just how badly AP's readership is affected. It all depends on how the average person consumes their news - and if they're going directly to AP + Authorised Distributors (and not via small, personal opinion blogs, etc), AP might not see that much of a drop. And even if the entire blogosphere completely ignores AP - will that be enough to bring it down? Something tells me it won't be that easy. If there was going to be something to unseat AP as a provider of news, where are they? Well, news companies like AP hate the web because it’s a factory of infinite supply. Journalism (news), in all its forms, can be infinitely reproduced online – and thanks to that, people expect the price to be zero.

Except that AP & other Trad. media companies have built fortunes on artificially limited supply, so naturally, they’ll do everything they can to ensure artificial scarcity. This move shouldn’t really come as a surprise.

What will be interesting now is just how badly AP’s readership is affected. It all depends on how the average person consumes their news – and if they’re going directly to AP + Authorised Distributors (and not via small, personal opinion blogs, etc), AP might not see that much of a drop.

And even if the entire blogosphere completely ignores AP – will that be enough to bring it down? Something tells me it won’t be that easy. If there was going to be something to unseat AP as a provider of news, where are they?

]]> By: Marc http://www.poligazette.com/2009/07/25/associated-press-declares-war-on-blogs-and-search-engines/comment-page-1/#comment-98773 Marc Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:13:22 +0000 http://www.poligazette.com/?p=15347#comment-98773 It is interesting - seen a couple of South African companies - specifically financial services businesses grumbling about you linking to their site. Seems to be an absolutely bizarre situation... It sounds like a desperate move from an industry which is in the throes of a major shake out. It is interesting – seen a couple of South African companies – specifically financial services businesses grumbling about you linking to their site. Seems to be an absolutely bizarre situation…

It sounds like a desperate move from an industry which is in the throes of a major shake out.

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