The Associated Press (AP) has announced that the incident regarding the Drudge Retort (DR) receiving take-down notices is "matter closed", European Journalism Centre reports.

The AP recently filed Digital Millenium Copyright Act takedown requests asking DR to take down blog posts that they were violating copyright laws by using quotes ithat were too long.

The AP said that on Thursday, they were able to "provide additional information" to DR's Rogers Cadenhead so that he can "bring the contributed content on his site into conformance with the policy he earlier set for his contributors."

"Both parties consider the matter closed," the AP said.

This week, the AP will be meeting with people interested in blogs to discuss "the relationship between news providers and bloggers".

"The resolution of this matter illustrates that the interests of bloggers can be served while still respecting the intellectual property rights of news providers," the AP said.

Source: European Journalism Centre

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