[mnehring]

The AP doesn't have a leg to stand on. They're purposely going after the low-fund smaller blogs to avoid litigation, which they would clearly lose. The bigger blogs would defeat the AP in any copyright lawsuit.

Kind of like the RIAA going after all the college kids who downloaded one or two songs for $5k per pop. Cheaper to pay up and comply than fight it. (I'm not defending illegal downloading here, just drawing a comparison.)

[soupcon]

Yeah, but there are no fair-use statutes that support illegal downloading. Fair-use statutes regarding news and information are a deeply entrenched part of our Democracy.