caught my eye because of its rather alarming headline.
However it's about
copyright law; the headline refers to this paragraph:
In a second thought experiment, imagine that it's five years ago and you
are
responsible for developing the most comprehensive and up-to-the-minute
encyclopedia the world has ever seen. One strategy is to create a global
company, employ the brightest people available, check every fact
produced,
and implement the most rigorous editorial controls. A second option is to
"just create a website and let anybody put up anything". Again, we'd
mostly
have opted for the first strategy, and the world wouldn't have
Wikipedia<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/10/wikipedia.internet>
.
I might quibble with the description "let anybody put up anything" but
the
author makes an interesting point.
--
Sam Blacketer
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