“These services are part of the next-generation licensing and enforcement services we plan to provide to our global network of members and subscribers.”

The Attributor platform will initially monitor stories that are most likely to be popular with readers. The AP will be able to follow their content and spot copyright violations.

(((I’ve often thought and sometimes even said such things, and I think they are true things, and they are true of things other than journalism. For instance, try to talk to analog musicians about ProTools, or talk to librarians about Google searches. Furthermore, if you go to India and try to find an “Indian elite” that you can talk to like a boffin, they’re all busily trading SMS messages with Sarkozy.)))

Bruce Sterling writes about a similar subject (blogging vs. journalism).

I think the quote above says exactly what the problem is with old meeting new.