When does the news-agency-I-still-refuse-to-name see fit to preempt accusations with the dreaded "allegedly?"
It makes a quick appearance when any given perp is (allegedly) accused of being a terrorist. Or when (allegedly) a dictator aligned with a terrorist (allegedly) group. Or for anything released by the official government of Israel.
But when do they not see fit to use the label?
Apparently, when the target is yours truly!
Via Confederate Yankee, we receive Paul Colford's take on the matter as the AP's Director of Media Relations:
AP licenses its works (photos, news stories, video and so on) to newspapers, Web sites and broadcasters for the purpose of showing news events and to illustrate news stories or commentary on the news events.
If the entirety of the work is used (such as when a whole photo is reproduced), that is considered a substantial "taking" under fair use law. If there are many photos used, that is a substantial taking of AP's photo library.
In the case of criticism, the commentary or criticism has to be about the protected work, not commentary or criticism in general – not using, as in the case of Snappedshot.com, protected photos to illustrate something on which the blogger was commenting. One cannot post a copyrighted photo of President Bush to illustrate commentary criticizing the policies of his administration, for example.
Fair use does not give others the right to use AP content without paying for it, especially when the costs -- and risks -- of gathering news around the world continue to rise. As a result, the AP has been increasingly vigilant in protecting its intellectual property.
What is the delineation? What percentage of the photo's usage constitutes copyright infringement?
If you were to use it all but then place the words AP over certain parts of it, thus constituting a change, would that be free of copyright?
So, I still do not understand. If you take one photo out of the series of photos of Sir Knighted Bush at a press conference, isn't that NOT taking the works in its entirety? How can linking one photo out of a set of photos be infringing? yeah, still burning a bit.