And, most importantly, the same AP that has a famously ridiculous pricelist for quoting five words or more from an AP article.It appears the folks over at Woot noticed this price list, and noticed that the AP report on its acquisition copied more than five words.
– "Deal-a-day" auction site Woot.com is razzing the Associated Press for its coverage of Amazon's recent purchase of the site. In its story, the AP quoted from a Woot blog post. "Why, isn’t that the very thing you've previously told nu-media bloggers they're not supposed to do?" asks Woot in a new posting. It uses the AP's own pricing system for such things and concludes, "We’ve figured you owe us roughly $17.50." "How about this," the site suggests. "Instead of cutting us a check for the web content you liberated from our site, all you’ll need to do is show us your email receipt from today’s two pack of Sennheiser MX400 In-Ear Headphones, and we’ll call it even." Tech bloggers are piling on AP, including MG Siegler at TechCrunch and Mike Masnick at Techdirt.