On an unrelated topic, how can the AP claim copyright to this?
It's not unrelated, and after enjoying the read, this was definitely the worst thing to come out of it. Anyone posting something like this and attaching such 'boilerplate' either should have known better, wasn't paying attention and should rectify it, or has intentions that flat-out contradict the spirit of the content they're regurgitating, which would otherwise be presumably done in the public interest.
It's not unrelated, and after enjoying the read, this was definitely the worst thing to come out of it. Anyone posting something like this and attaching such 'boilerplate' either should have known better, wasn't paying attention and should rectify it, or has intentions that flat-out contradict the spirit of the content they're regurgitating, which would otherwise be presumably done in the public interest.