Comments on: $12.50 For Five Words? “Bite Me” Indeed, AP

By: Ian Welsh

Ian Welsh — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 11:00:42 +0000

If only, if only. All these conservatives talking about Soros funding us.

Where’s my check!? I demand my check!

No one tells us what to do, because, guess what, they don’t pay our bills. There was a point, about 4 years ago, where a million bucks could have bought most of the progblogs, but the donors blew it and didn’t see the opportunity. Too late now.

What shapes prog blog coverage is much more subtle than theories about Dem leadership “giving orders”. The dem leadership has very little to no say. They can push storylines, but that blows up in their face as often as not. They certainly don’t give orders.

By: Rayne

Rayne — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:34:47 +0000

p.s. IANAL, forgot to add that caveat.

By: Rayne

Rayne — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:34:12 +0000

Are you in CA? Couldn’t you file an anti-SLAPP suit against them, under CA Code of Civil Procedure § 425.16?

Can’t help wondering if we should be forming a guild, maybe one located in CA until federal law catches up with 425.16, through which we could post our work as blog guild members…and then for a de minimis fee each year to join the guild, we fund SLAPP protection for all members. Food for thought.

By: spocko

spocko — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:37:25 +0000

As a small time blogger who was also hit with this tactic, I understand the problem. (See EFF Spocko and ABC Radio/Disney) For the AP it’s “just business”. But for me it was personal and corporate bullying. And frankly I’m sick of it. ABC Radio Disney used a bogus copyright claim to destroy a critic by using the law in a fashion in which it was not intended.

I did everything right regarding fair use and they STILL came after me. And that just stinks. They never withdrew their C&D to 1&1 hosting and I even complied with the request to remove info. They got HUGE negative PR and it cost KSFO 28 national and local advertisers. But knowing them, if I try and push this again they will move to the next tactic, character assassination on the air, financial attacks aren’t enough for big media. How can we get them to stop this? Hmmmm. Any suggestions?

By: wangdangdoodle

wangdangdoodle — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:13:01 +0000

dugg!

By: dusty59

dusty59 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:07:00 +0000

RE:

The AP doesn’t get to negotiate copyright law. But now, perhaps, they’ll threaten someone who can afford to fight back….

mmm, sounds yummy! I can’t wait for desert!!!

By: sporkovat

sporkovat — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:03:00 +0000

ok ok I’m sorry for the OT I was just drawing a contrast to todays posts and the 163 billion dollar supplemental …

I know there has been lots of clamor against Congress for their failure to curtail the war - my point has always been that they are just doing what they do best, doing what they want to do, and that different conclusions follow from this.

By: wangdangdoodle

wangdangdoodle — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:02:18 +0000

Got it, thanks sporko.

By: sporkovat

sporkovat — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:57:59 +0000

here - not his column, but in a letter.

http://letters.salon.com/opini.....4dada.html

like a B-side rarity.

By: sporkovat

sporkovat — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:56:17 +0000

thanks dosido. this ol’ turtle hasa hard shell, and is used to being the skunk at the tea-party, to mix my metaphors once again.

BushCo may well have some game changing aces up its sleeve, an October surprise, or even a November spiteful debacle after an electoral pounding.

Of sociological interest is how the left Blogs will act with a (D) in power … thats what I was getting at because I thought the relative silence about the 163 billion dollar supplemental the congressional (D)’s are working to pass was foreshadowing of things to come.