On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Ryan Kaldari <rkaldari(a)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.
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