[Web4lib] Wikipedia vs Britannica

[Drew, Bill]

Being for open sharing of information does not mean opposition to
copyright.  Just because you disagree just not necessarily mean it is
right and prudent to support posting of an entire article here.  Such
posting is clearly not fair use.  

Wilfred (Bill) Drew
E-mail: mailto:drewwe at morrisville.edu
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org 
> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Chuck0
> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 12:22 PM
> To: Patricia F Anderson
> Cc: James Jacobs; Web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Wikipedia vs Britannica
> 
> 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.