Associated Press

=== Fair-use controversy ===
In June 2008, the AP sent numerous [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act|DMCA]] take-down demands and threatened legal action against several [[blog]]s. The AP contended that the internet blogs were violating the AP's [[copyright]] by linking to AP material and using headlines and short summaries in those links. Many bloggers and experts noted that the use of the AP news fell squarely under commonly accepted internet practices and within [[fair use|fair-use]] standards.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/4381 |title = AP's Fair Use Challenge (Harvard Law) |work = Berkman Center for Internet and Society |date = 2008-06-17 |access-date = 2014-06-04 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110512044752/http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/4381 |archive-date = 2011-05-12 }}</ref> Others noted and demonstrated that the AP routinely takes similar excerpts from other sources, often without attribution or licenses. The AP responded that it was defining standards regarding citations of AP news.<ref>{{cite news |title = The Associated Press to Set Guidelines for Using Its Articles in Blogs |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/business/media/16ap.html | quote= The Associated Press...said that it will, for the first time, attempt to define clear standards as to how much of its articles and broadcasts bloggers and Web sites can excerpt without infringing on The A.P.'s copyright. | work =[[The New York Times]]| date = June 16, 2008 |access-date=2009-04-09 |first=Saul |last=Hansell| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090409031736/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/business/media/16ap.html | archive-date= 9 April 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>