Woot Asks AP to Follow Their Own Rules, Pay $17.50
Woot Asks AP to Follow Their Own Rules, Pay $17.50
Posted 07/06/2010 at 3:10pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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Oh, Woot. You really can't deny the genius of their daily product descriptions. Today the popular daily deal site has used the product description to call out the Associate Press on a bit of hypocrisy. You see, Woot's acquisition by Amazon was big news the other day, and the AP covered it. In doing so, they quoted a few words from founder Matt Rutledge’s blog post. Not a big deal for most publications, but the AP has a sordid history regarding quotations.
The AP has made a stink about bloggers quoting from their content, even if the source is cited. They think blogger ought to pay as much as $12.50 for five of the AP's precious words. Woot figures that since the AP quoted them, they should pay Woot $17.50. It's only fair, right?
Woot isn't all hard edged about it though. They are offering the AP the opportunity to have the debt called off so long as the collective entity known as "The AP" buys today's Woot, a lovely 2-pack of Sennheiser MX400 earphones. They're only going for $6.99, so we think the AP should take them up on it.
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triclops41
July 07, 2010 at 12:25am
their product descriptions have always been hilarious, this little stunt by woot is just as funny, and they even sneaked in a little bit of satire, wonderful!
Scootiep
July 06, 2010 at 7:29pm
The AP has been quoting individuals for as long as they've been in existence. If they're going to charge bloggers or anyone else for quoting their material, I think it's only fair that anyone who's ever been quoted by the AP send them a bill for their words. It's only fair right?
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Caboose
July 06, 2010 at 4:32pm
The AP is going to make a stink about this, and refuse to pay...
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