AP Says Drudge Retort Excerpt 'Matter' Closed; No Official Policy Announced

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Staci D. Kramer

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Thursday, June 19, 2008; 9:07 PM

Hard to believe that all of the discourse (public and private) on how the AP handled the way its material was being used by the Drudge Retort boils down to this for now?a non-response response following the usual pattern of trying to shut the door after the horses are not only out of the barn but on into the next county. Here's the full text:

"In response to questions about the use of Associated Press content on the Drudge Retort web site, the AP was able to provide additional information to the operator of the site, Rogers Cadenhead, on Thursday. That information was aimed at enabling Mr. Cadenhead to bring the contributed content on his site into conformance with the policy he earlier set for his contributors. Both parties consider the matter closed.

"In addition, the AP has had a constructive exchange of views this week with a number of interested parties in the blogging community about the relationship between news providers and bloggers and that dialogue will continue. The resolution of this matter illustrates that the interests of bloggers can be served while still respecting the intellectual property rights of news providers."