[Web4lib] Wikipedia vs Britannica

[Even Flood]

Roy Tennant wrote:

> Worse than simply being "bad form" it violates the policy of this  
> list as stated at <http://lists.webjunction.org/web4lib/>:
>
> "All postings must be free of copyright restrictions that limit  
> distribution. For example, posting a significant amount of a  
> copyrighted work verbatim requires the permission of the copyright  
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> this nature must include a statement that this is the case."
>
> All participants of this discussion are required to adhere to  
> discussion policies or risk expulsion. Thank you everyone, for your  
> cooperation.
> Roy Tennant
> Web4Lib Owner

I fully agree with that, although I am grateful to James for posting the 
papers so I could read it, I am very interested in the matter at hand. 
And also thanks to Roy Tennant who just below the lines quoted above 
reposted the whole article...

Even

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