04-07-2009, 04:01 AM
<b>AP cuts newspaper rates, moves to protect web news</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->NEW YORK (Reuters) â The Associated Press unveiled rate cuts on Monday to help member newspapers reeling from declining advertising revenue and said it would sue websites that use its members' articles without permission
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<b>The AP also threatened to "pursue legal and legislative actions" against websites that do not properly license news content. It said it would develop a system to track its members' and its own news distributed online to determine whether it is being legally used.</b>
"We can no longer stand by and watch others walk off with our work under misguided legal theories," Singleton said.
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<b>The AP also threatened to "pursue legal and legislative actions" against websites that do not properly license news content. It said it would develop a system to track its members' and its own news distributed online to determine whether it is being legally used.</b>
"We can no longer stand by and watch others walk off with our work under misguided legal theories," Singleton said.
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