After my post yesterday about the Associated Press going after one of its own affiliates for posting videos from the A.P.'s own YouTube channel on its Website, it caused a bit of a dust-up. As I noted in an update to the original post, the A.P. is now backing down and apologizing. It will allow the videos to go up again.
The A.P. also sent me a statement saying no cease-and-desist letter was ever drafted. And technically, it wasn't. An A.P. executive delivered his warning to the radio station in an e-mail, which had the same effect as a formal letter. "This was a misunderstanding that has mushroomed into something else entirely," an A.P.'s spokesman tells me. Here is the A.P. complete official statement:
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