AP to Bloggers: We're Not Trying To Sue You

Here at PRNewser, we’re not lawyers, so therefore we won’t speak to the legal implications of the Associated Press instituting guidelines on how bloggers can use their content.

You may have already read the above linked story from the New York Times‘ Saul Hansell that set off the firestorm. Basically, the A.P. sent a blogger a cease-and-desist letter, claiming he was violating copyright law by excerpting part of A.P. stories. Now, some are reporting they want to charge bloggers $12.50

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