Limited Backpedaling

(Note: I'm deliberately breaking the boycott of the AP for reasons that should be obvious.)

A representative from the Associated Press is going to meet with the head of the Media Bloggers Association, Robert Cox, to try and hash out guidelines for quoting AP stories and to decide under what conditions they will sue bloggers.

So it doesn't appear to be much of a backpedal. But we'll see.

Of course, what the vast majority of bloggers have been doing all along falls under Fair Use so no new guidelines are needed but that doesn't seem to concern the AP at all.

(Note to the Associated Press: I have not quoted a single word from your story so no lawsuit is necessary.)

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