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Bloggers vent their frustrations at the AP's legal aggression
The Associated Press (AP) is a leading source of online content,
but it charges a hefty fee for the rights to it.  With growing
competition from state services and criticism on its pricing,
the AP is growing concerned that its bottom-line is slipping. 
In response, it began to escalate its legal campaign against the
blogging community, which it feels is undercutting its revenue
by reposting article snippets without paying.  However, the AP's
content has become such a fixture in the internet world that
this campaign may lead either to dangerous campaign against
major sites such as Wikipedia, or to a double standard in which
small blogs are attacked, but major sites are spared.  The
blogging community is striking back at what they feel is an
atrocious abuse of fair use via Digital Millenium Copyright Act
(DMCA) takedowns.  They have launched a campaign humorously
entitled "FU AP".  Leadi