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		toyg on Feb 25, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: David Hahn, the 'radioactive boy scout' who tried ... That post reproduced the entire AP piece. Surely that's illegal...?

retrac on Feb 25, 2024 [–]

Perhaps they licensed it. AP lets you do that pretty easily. Literally the whole point of AP - sell news articles for reprinting. Or perhaps they committed some copyright infringement 15 years ago.

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