After learning of the recent lawsuits the AP, Associated Press, has been filing against bloggers for copyright infringement, the family of Abraham Licoln have decided to follow their example.

The AP recently announced that you cannot even quote a small portion of any news story they or their subscribers print. They also claim you cannot reuse a photo, even if it is a smaller version and links back to the original story.

The AP has a team of lawyers and they feel that even though “Fair Use” is legal, their lawyers can beat up any lawyers hired by bloggers and can go completely against the actual copyright laws as they are written.

So the family of Abe Linbcoln is now sending out cease and desist letter for anyone who is quoting the famed president anywhere. Any instances of the Gettysburgh Address must be removed from all history books and website immediately unless you pay them a royalty.

Who Let The Blog Out has also learned that families of other famous people are considering similar lawsuits. Quoting the spokesperson for the family of Benjamin Franklin, “This may also include the use of quotes in email and forum signatures.”

In related news, Jessica Alba’s attorneys have suggested that mentally envsioning the actress, even in your dreams, is another possible copyright violation. He admits that it may be hard to prove that you are picturing Jessica Alba in lingerie, but that they are looking into ways to at least sue those who admit doing so.

A story on the News And Media Blog inspired this completely unreliable news story.

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