[Foundation-l] Alphascript Publishing: 1900+ copy&pasted books from Wikipedia

Nikola Smolenski smolensk at eunet.yu
Fri Aug 14 06:49:53 UTC 2009


Renata St wrote:
> They "deceive" potential buyers into thinking it's an original book/content
> without disclosing that it's just a copy from Wikipedia. There are
> disclaimers inside the book -- but that comes only after opening the wallet.
> Someone should put it up front.

I don't know if they commonly do it but at least at 
http://amazon.decenturl.com/amazon.com-prehistoric-europe they openly 
say it's from Wikipedia.



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