Bring it on

kos (h/t Libby):

Lots of blogs are calling for boycotts of AP content. Not me. I’m going to keep using it. I will copy and paste as many words as I feel necessary to make my points and that I feel are within bounds of copyright law (and remember, I’ve got a JD and specialized in media law, so I know the rules pretty well). And I will keep doing so if I get an AP takedown notice (which I will make a big public show of ignoring). And then, either the AP — an organization famous for taking its members work without credit — will either back down and shut the hell up, or we’ll have a judge resolve the easiest question of law in the history of copyright jurisprudence.

The AP doesn’t get to negotiate copyright law. But now, perhaps, they’ll threaten someone who can afford to fight back, instead of cowardly going after small bloggers.

Happy blogiversary, Pygalgia

One year old, go and visit, and while you’re going could you drop this off?

2007 Weblog Awards

My votes:

• Best Blog: Boing Boing (out of those nominated)
• Best Individual Blogger: Lindsay Beyerstein
• Funniest Blog: Jon Swift
• Best Online Community: Groklaw
• Best Liberal Blog: I’m not telling, they’re all good.
• Best of the Top 250 Blogs: Jesus’ General
• Best of the Top 251 – 500: The Carpetbagger Report
• Best of the Top 501 – 1000: The Poor Man Institute
• Best of the Top 1001 – 1750: Echidne of the Snakes
• Best of the Top 2501 – 3500: d r i f t g l a s s
• Best of the Rest of the Blogs: konagod

All of them are on our blogroll here. Congratulations to one and all for being finalists.

Blogger on Face the State (Connecticut television)

Maura of My Left Nutmeg (h/t Melissa @ Shakesville):