I see, thanks Mike. Personally I'm not for this kind of attempt, I'd rather agree with Ryan: if and only if they complies with CC-BY-SA deeds, is there any room for us to prevent them legally to spread it even in a surprisingly overestimated price? Thought?
2010/11/2 M. Williamson <node...@gmail.com>: > The issue is that this book: > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6131076278/ > > is a direct copy of the English Wikipedia article. > > There are many more books like this made by the same company. > > > 2010/11/1 KIZU Naoko <aph...@gmail.com>: >> Well while Ryan and Fred look having a valid concern, on this particular >> issue >> I have no idea what you guys discuss. >> >> The article seems to be a full translation of Japanese Wikipedia >> article which seem to be based on three Japanese books (see >> "references" in the jawiki article) all in paper, not robo-books. >> >> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Ryan Kaldari <rkald...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >>> It is actually becoming somewhat difficult to search for books on >>> obscure subjects on Amazon or Alibris without being completely spammed >>> with matches for "robo-books" automatically generated from Wikipedia >>> articles. Recently, I was doing research for a Wikipedia article on a >>> rather obscure type of spider, and I came very close to buying a book on >>> it before I realized that it was actually just a reprint of the content >>> I had already written for the article. So I almost paid someone for my >>> own writing! Perhaps we should put together a project to keep track of >>> these robo-book publishers so that we can start asking for some >>> royalties (or else sue them for not giving us proper credit). >>> >>> Ryan Kaldari >>> >>> On 10/31/10 9:41 AM, Fred Bauder wrote: >>>> There is a book review of a 98 page book supposedly about Ukita >>>> Kōkichi (who apparently prematurely invented the hang glider) >>>> >>>> http://blog.seattlepi.com/travelforaircraft/archives/226709.asp >>>> >>>> Which consists of this Wikipedia article: >>>> >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukita_K%C5%8Dkichi >>>> >>>> and a few others >>>> >>>> Listed on Amazon for 50 bucks: >>>> >>>> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6131076278/ >>>> >>>> together with a bevy of other sellers: >>>> >>>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/6131076278/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new >>>> >>>> Fred >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> foundation-l mailing list >>>> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> foundation-l mailing list >>> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> KIZU Naoko / 木津尚子 >> member of Wikimedians in Kansai / 関西ウィキメディアユーザ会 http://kansai.wikimedia.jp >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > -- KIZU Naoko / 木津尚子 member of Wikimedians in Kansai / 関西ウィキメディアユーザ会 http://kansai.wikimedia.jp _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
