RCFP: AP’s ‘hot news’ claim will go forward in court
February 23rd, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Online Journalism, Press freedom and ethics
From the Reporters’ Committee for Freedom of the Press last week: “A federal court in New York on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit by The Associated Press that claims a competing news service, All Headline News Corp., misappropriated its news content by drafting stories based on AP reports.” The AP had filed suit against a company, which it claims copied and rewrote AP stories. Full story at this link…
Tags: All Headline News Corp., AP, Associated Press, court From, media law, New York, rcfp, Reporters' Committee for Freedom of the Press, The Associated Press
