The Internet is a source of free-flowing information. If you don't want to make you information available for free, don't add it to the Internet. The Associated Press (AP) disagrees. Finally moving beyond their harsh rhetoric, the AP is creating a content tracking system to ensure that less people read their content. While I'm sure this isn't their actual goal, it will undoubtedly be the result.
The AP plans to add a "beacon" to their content that will allow them to track where and how it is being used. Apparently, the AP missed the failed attempts by the music and motion picture industries to implement similar projects. The AP even has the nerve to state that this project will be financially self-sustainable after only one year. Good luck, and if by chance the AP manages to implement a successful system, I will no longer be a reader.
Friday, July 24, 2009
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