AP to track content

摘要

In the spring, the Associated Press promised an industry initiative to protect news content online, and now the AP board has approved a plan. The goal is to tag and track all text content - and eventually video and photos - for both the co-op and its members, reports paidContent.org via the Washington Post. While it will begin immediately to track co-op content, member content will likely be added through 2010. Initial funding for the project, which is expected to be self-sustaining, will come from the AP.rnThe initiative is designed to work for both free and payment models. Among its features is a software "beacon," which will provide information such as metrics on content consumption, payment services and enforcement support, according to a BusinessWeek story, which greeted the move with some skepticism and confusion. For example: For what is the AP expecting payment - links or a quoted headline? Is it going after blog-gers, sploggers or Google and Yahoo?