The new system will register key identifying information about each piece of content that the AP distributes as well as the terms of use of that content into a storage database. It also will employ a built-in beacon to notify AP and other publishers about how the content is used.
– The Associated Press, for decades one of the world’s vital news content producers, is developing a new copyright management method that it believes will better protect its news articles, photos and videos from unauthorized use on the Internet.

The venerable news cooperative said July 23 that it i…