[Web4lib] Wikipedia vs Britannica

[Richard Wiggins]

Please, let us not let this discussion devolve into this debate, at this
time, on this list.

Perhaps a compromise would be to excise the full text of the article from
the archives.  Active participants in the list have received it.

Let's declare no harm, no foul, and return to the Wikipedia versus
Britannica discussion, which, unlike the copyright discussion, is new
fertile ground.

/rich

PS -- The Gmail spell checker knows Britannica but knows not Wikipedia


On 12/15/05, Chuck0 <chuck at mutualaid.org> wrote:
>
> Patricia F Anderson wrote:
> > Not just bad form, but illegal, especially for a list that is archived
> > publicly online. Is there a way to edit the archives so that Nature
> > doesn't get annoyed with us? -- Patricia
>
> There are some of us who disagree. Information wants to be free and
> sharing articles on an email discussion list certainly falls within even
> the most conservative interpretation of fair use. We librarians ought to
> be a bit more vocal about supporting the open sharing of information and
> be opposed to closed and proprietary systems.
>
> Against copyright and intellectual property,
>
> C.
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