> On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Ryan Kaldari <rkald...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: >> As has been rightfully pointed out to me, if these robo-book publishers >> are following the terms of the CC-by-sa licensing (which is doubtful), >> there isn't really anything we can do about it. I just wonder what will >> happen to the online book market once wikipedia robo-books become 50% >> or >> more of the search results (which is already true in some obscure >> cases). Perhaps Wikipedia will inadvertently cause the demise of Amazon >> and the rebirth of local bookstores. >> >> Ryan Kaldari > > While that would be a result devoutly to be wished for, I expect it will > rather more likely lead to Amazon tightening policies on what they will > help distribute -- not that that would be a bad result either. > > > > -- > Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]
Yes, this seems below whatever low threshold they have. I'm going to forward this to internal and see if we can't get some action. Fred _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
