When I first heard that the Associated Press was threatening to sue bloggers who quoted their content, I thought it was almost too stupid to comment on. I mean, as many have pointed out, the hypocrisy runs too deep for such an idea to have any merit whatsoever.

I also knew that sooner rather than later they would be tripped up doing the exact same thing again after bitching about it. I just didn’t think they would be this stupid.

In a story about the complaints leveled against them by bloggers, the AP pulls a quote by TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington from a post he wrote. That is the same damn thing they are trying to sue bloggers for!

Arrington rightly calls them on this and is consulting his own lawyers to get his $12.50 (the amount that the AP would get under their abso-fucking-lutely ridiculous proposal to pay $12.50 for 5-25 words used in a quote.)

The AP has quoted things I’ve written before as well numerous times. I’m going to do a search for these instances and I encourage anyone else to do so as well. Lets all file a class action lawsuit.

I know there is a term “new media douchebags,” but has anyone claimed “old media douchebags” yet? Cause I think the AP just did.