Article Suggests AP Unlikely to Work with Righthaven

Report: AP to Proceed in Licensing Content Without Righthaven

A column today on the Corporate Counsel/law.com website suggests The Associated Press is beefing up efforts for news creators to be paid for their work -- but in doing so won't be working with Las Vegas copyright enforcement company Righthaven LLC.
After Righthaven started suing websites over alleged infringements involving Denver Post material, observers wondered if the AP would sign up for Righthaven's copyright protection service.

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The fear of the AP, the largest news organization in the world, signing up with Righthaven is indeed warranted: William Dean Singleton, the publisher of the Denver Post and executive chairman of MediaNews Group, is also the chairman of the AP's board of directors.