So! Newspapers are dying. Have you heard? Yeah, it’s getting pretty scary out there for print media, in the wake of easy-to-access information streams from the internet and other computer networks. So the Associated Press, one of the 800-pound gorillas of the news world, is trying to model itself as the internet’s content sheriff, so that all the young digi-kids will get the hell off their lawn.
Might help if they knew how the internet fucking works:
“The other day I get an email from our Regional Radio Representative with the AP in Chicago saying the following…
I noticed you are posting our video content with out a license and have to ask you to remove the AP video content from the site ASAP. If you would like to know more about our web services please contact me.
Not exactly a cease and desist letter, but the point is the same.
I was stunned.”
Indeed. The AP apparently did not just simply misunderstand the terms of use for YouTube, but didn’t even know they had a YouTube channel. They actually thought they could get away with threatening somebody for using content that they were freely distributing. Fucking dinosaurs.
Because I’m immature and mean, I’m going to embed a shit-ton of AP videos regarding the latest incident of Somalian piracy, in which an American-owned freighter was hijacked. Somalian pirates! Remember them? Have fun squandering all that folk hero goodwill you guys built up! A more detailed post to follow.
To the AP: Come and get me, motherfuckers…
Oh, and here’s one more, from when the Somali Pirate Kings hijacked and stole a fucking super-tanker:
Hey man, trying to track you down over the internet. It seems your phone isnt working :-p