This is relevant for all of us, as it ought to give us extra incentive to work on Wikipedia (and Nupedia).
You might or might not know that Britannica is at least implying that not all of its articles, or all the content of all of its articles, are no longer available for free. The following message is now appended to Britannica articles:
"Need more? Full Britannica articles are available to subscribers and Free Trial participants. To view the complete article, register for 14 days FREE. To learn more about our premium service, click here. Britannica.com subscribers, please log-in above."
I believe Jimbo said early on, and I believe I agreed, that Britannica simply couldn't maintain its business model with banner ads--they would either have to become open content (and therefore have a moral justification to ask for volunteers) or become a pay service. It seems they've chosen the latter route, which is great news for Wikipedia.
Larry
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