In 2008, the AP did something unusually boneheaded even for this ossified organization:

The Associated Press, having already announced its intention to harass bloggers who publish snippets as short as 39 words from AP stories, has now published a web form through which intimidated parties can give the AP money in return for “permission” to publish as few as five words.

As in, the AP decided that if you wanted to quoted and link back to one of their articles, you had to pay them.