As the world's largest news and information agency, The Associated Press invests hundreds of millions of dollars every year in its newsgathering operation. AP journalists must be present whenever and wherever news occurs, at great cost to AP and sometimes at great risk to themselves. Protecting their work from misuse and illegal use, therefore, is of primary importance. AP is a leader in protecting intellectual property rights through monitoring, licensing and enforcement efforts.


>>What's New

AP to build news registry to protect content
Registry will provide tools to monitor use of AP and member content online while also enabling new business opportunities

The Associated Press Board of Directors directed The Associated Press to create a news registry that will tag and track all AP content online to assure compliance with terms of use. The system will register key identifying information about each piece of content that AP distributes as well as the terms of use of that content, and employ a built-in beacon to notify AP about how the content is used. More >>


>>Statements and Press Releases

06/22/2010 AP joins amicus in 'hot news' case
04/29/2010 AP Annual Meeting
04/01/2010 AP Statement: AP CEO Curley welcomes favorable Justice Department finding on AP News Registry
11/10/2009 AP Statement: AP pleased the court considers spoilation and fabrication of evidence serious
10/20/2009 AP files amended countersuit in Obama Hope poster case; claims Fairey is purposely deceiving
10/16/2009 AP Statement: Fairey admits he sued AP under false pretenses
10/09/2009 Remarks by AP CEO Tom Curley at Xinhua Beijing Media Summit
08/03/2009 AP Statement on iCopyright's automated form to license AP content
07/23/2009 Associated Press to build news registry to protect content
07/16/2009 AP statement on Mannie Garcia's Employment
07/13/2009 AP and AHN Media settle AP’s lawsuit against AHN Media and individual defendants
04/16/2009 AP statement on Shepard Fairey Counterclaims Response
04/06/2009 AP Board announces initiative to protect industry‘s content; Further rate reductions and new "Limited“ service respond to member needs
  Read the prepared remarks of AP Chairman Dean Singleton
  Read the prepared remarks of AP CEO Tom Curley
03/11/2009 Associated Press defends lawsuit brought by Shepard Fairey over Obama poster
  Download the AP’s Answer and Countersuit (PDF)
  View images from the AP's Answer and Countersuit
02/18/2009 AP statement on All Headline News court ruling
02/04/2009 AP statement on Shepard Fairey poster
09/10/2008 AP settles lawsuit against Moreover and VeriSign
   
 

>>AP in the News

NY judge urges settlement in Obama poster dispute
The Associated Press, 05/28/2010

Evidence ordered released in 'HOPE' artist case
The Associated Press, 04/05/2010

Justice Dept supports AP digital news registry
The Associated Press, 04/01/2010
Judge: 'HOPE' artist under criminal investigation
The Associated Press, 01/26/2010
Judge: 'HOPE' artist can switch lawyers in AP suit
The Associated Press, 11/10/2009
AP asks judge to keep Obama artist's lawyers
The Associated Press, 11/09/2009
hNews microformat for news adopted by AOL and TownNews
Media Standards Trust, 10/23/2009
AP says artist made up story about Obama poster
The Associated Press, 10/20/2009
Dutch royals win privacy case against AP
The Associated Press, 08/28/2009
SEC issues new guidelines on game coverage
The Associated Press, 08/27/2009
Injured AP photographer moves to Md. rehab center
The Associated Press, 08/25/2009
Injured AP photographer in Baltimore hospital
The Associated Press, 08/17/2009

Dutch royals in privacy lawsuit against AP
The Associated Press, 08/14/2009

Wounded AP journalists evacuated from Afghanistan
The Associated Press, 08/12/2009
ACAP and AP: a common and collaborative approach to managing copyright online
ACAP Blog, 08/03/2009
AP Launches Open Source Ascribenation Project
Linux Journal, 07/29/2009
AP Pushes Ahead with Rights Microformat
Copyright and Technology, 07/27/2009

AP setting up tracking system for Web content
The Associated Press, 07/23/2009

Shepard Fairey v. The Associated Press
Intellectual Property Colloquium, 07/20/2009

Photographer stakes claim to image in Obama poster
The Associated Press, 07/15/2009

AP settles case over copying of news stories
The Associated Press, 07/13/2009

AP proposes new article formatting for the Web
The Associated Press, 07/10/2009

Media Standards Trust calls on news organizations to adopt consistent news formats for online content
Media Standards Trust press release, 07/10/2009
AP eyeing better deals with Internet heavyweights
The Associated Press, 06/16/2009
Little is 'Fair' in Love and War by David Tomlin
MLRC MediaLawLetter, 06/2009

The Associated Press ups involvement with readership: improving the news search experience and protecting content
Editors Weblog, 04/20/2009

'Charlie Rose': A conversation about print journalism in the digital age with Thomas Curley and Arianna Huffington
Charlie Rose, 04/08/2009

It’s Actually About Figuring Out How to Sell the Sizzle and Not the Steak, Dean
All Things Digital (The Wall Street Journal), 04/07/2009
What's Fair is Fair. But What is Fair?
New York Law Journal, 04/03/2009

Opinion: 'Free' Needn't Be the Enemy of 'Flow'
Wall Street Journal, 03/13/2009


>>Frequently Asked Questions

Initiative to protect industry's content

1. Why build a news registry?

2. What will the news registry do?

3.How does the news registry differ from what AP announced at its annual meeting in April?

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Shepard Fairey' Lawsuit

1. What is this lawsuit about?

2. What is AP's position on the lawsuit?

3.What does AP seek in this lawsuit?

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