Comments on: The Death Rattle of the Associated Press http://www.ravinglunacy.org/index.php/2008/06/13/the-death-rattle-of-the-associated-press/ where memes come to die Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:31:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Raptor http://www.ravinglunacy.org/index.php/2008/06/13/the-death-rattle-of-the-associated-press/comment-page-1/#comment-1835 Raptor Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:26:14 +0000 http://www.ravinglunacy.org/?p=208#comment-1835 "...the AP is another business whose foundation is crumbling in the flood waters of websites, personal publishing, and the hyperlink." Yeah, right. Now any semiliterate asshole like you can blather all over the entire earth whatever nonsense his imagination can fabricate. Dream on, sport. The AP will be around long after you and your drivel have melted into the black hole of cyberspace. “…the AP is another business whose foundation is crumbling in the flood waters of websites, personal publishing, and the hyperlink.”

Yeah, right. Now any semiliterate asshole like you can blather all over the entire earth whatever nonsense his imagination can fabricate.

Dream on, sport. The AP will be around long after you and your drivel have melted into the black hole of cyberspace.

]]> By: alan herrell - the head lemur http://www.ravinglunacy.org/index.php/2008/06/13/the-death-rattle-of-the-associated-press/comment-page-1/#comment-1462 alan herrell - the head lemur Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:12:15 +0000 http://www.ravinglunacy.org/?p=208#comment-1462 Spinlock, Only somewhat rabid? sigh.. I was shooting for fulminating vituperation. Spinlock,

Only somewhat rabid? sigh..
I was shooting for fulminating vituperation.

]]> By: SpinLock http://www.ravinglunacy.org/index.php/2008/06/13/the-death-rattle-of-the-associated-press/comment-page-1/#comment-1455 SpinLock Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:57:07 +0000 http://www.ravinglunacy.org/?p=208#comment-1455 I used to work at the AP in NYC (2000-2005), and I've met Jim Kennedy many times. Although they've earned my ire over this whole thing, I've gotta point out your first paragraph is way off base. The PRIMARY purpose of the AP, from it's inception as a not-for-profit organization (it's still one today), was to field reporters to gather/write the news, and distribute it to the AP membership. The business of accepting content from members, scrubbing it, then sharing it with the remaining members came along later. And it was the members who wanted it. And it has rules, like one paper's 'exclusive' can't be sent to a nearby paper, a system known as 'outing'. While you're clearly on the 'right' side of this DMCA issue, your arguments are tainted by the inaccuracies, and somewhat rabid tone, of your first paragraph. I used to work at the AP in NYC (2000-2005), and I’ve met Jim Kennedy many times. Although they’ve earned my ire over this whole thing, I’ve gotta point out your first paragraph is way off base. The PRIMARY purpose of the AP, from it’s inception as a not-for-profit organization (it’s still one today), was to field reporters to gather/write the news, and distribute it to the AP membership. The business of accepting content from members, scrubbing it, then sharing it with the remaining members came along later. And it was the members who wanted it. And it has rules, like one paper’s ‘exclusive’ can’t be sent to a nearby paper, a system known as ‘outing’.

While you’re clearly on the ‘right’ side of this DMCA issue, your arguments are tainted by the inaccuracies, and somewhat rabid tone, of your first paragraph.

]]> By: Shelley http://www.ravinglunacy.org/index.php/2008/06/13/the-death-rattle-of-the-associated-press/comment-page-1/#comment-1427 Shelley Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:02:16 +0000 http://www.ravinglunacy.org/?p=208#comment-1427 Rogers did not post enough information for any of us to form a knowledgeable opinion. What he's done is trigger a pile on. AP could be wrong, could be right -- but we don't have all sides of the story, we don't even have the 7 posts, or have read all the communications. I would think that people would appreciate getting all sides of the story before forming an opinion, wouldn't you? Rogers did not post enough information for any of us to form a knowledgeable opinion. What he’s done is trigger a pile on.

AP could be wrong, could be right — but we don’t have all sides of the story, we don’t even have the 7 posts, or have read all the communications.

I would think that people would appreciate getting all sides of the story before forming an opinion, wouldn’t you?

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