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Associated Press has started a crack down on bloggers using content from their news service, even if used from members that do promote such usage.
Roger Cadenhead, Drudge Retort,

I'm currently engaged in a legal disagreement with the Associated Press, which claims that Drudge Retort users linking to its stories are violating its copyright and committing "'hot news' misappropriation under New York state law." An AP attorney filed six Digital Millenium Copyright Act takedown requests this week demanding the removal of blog entries and another for a user comment.
...In a June 3 letter, AP's Intellectual Property Governance Coordinator Irene Keselman told me:

... you purport that the Drudge Retort's users reproduce and display AP headlines and leads under a fair use defense. Please note that contrary to your assertion, AP considers that the Drudge Retort users' use of AP content does not fall within the parameters of fair use. The use is not fair use simply because the work copied happened to be a news article and that the use is of the headline and the first few sentences only. This is a misunderstanding of the doctrine of "fair use." AP considers taking the headline and lede of a story without a proper license to be an infringement of its copyrights, and additionally constitutes "hot news" misappropriation.

This news has upset the blogging community so much many are calling for a boycott of AP news stories and asking bloggers to use other sources such as Reuters. We urge you to join us in boycotting these bullies.

The list is far too great to mention here so just go to the site by clicking the picture, to read updates and sign the petition.