[WikiEN-l] Google Starts Including Wikipedia on Its News Site

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

Charles Matthews wrote:
> David Gerard wrote:
>   
>> 2009/6/22 Charles Matthews <charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com>:
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> DG, lighten up on Noam Cohen a bit - he seems more disposed to be fair
>>> to us than when I met him in Taipei in 2007, and seemed surprised that
>>> any Wikipedians were actually, like, serious.  His point was factual
>>> even if you may think it is misdirection.
>>>     
>>>       
>> I took it as a direct message of his employer's stance.
>>     
> So we should be understanding ...
>   
>>  It's 100%
>> indicative of the industry stance. Have you seen this *batshit insane*
>> bullshit? (forwarded to me by Mike Peel):
>>
>> http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=43823&c=1
>>   
>>     
> Interesting. They're attempting to raise money by circulating people 
> saying "you should send us money". We should try that. Oh ...
>
>   
Category error. We aren't billing anyone. Donations are
a completely different animal.


Yours,

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen