[Foundation-l] Author "Wikimedia Foundation" at Barnes&Nobles shop on Nook

[Ryan Kaldari]

I've notified the WMF legal department.

Ryan Kaldari

On Mar 6, 2012, at 8:49 AM, "Federico Leva (Nemo)" <nemowiki at gmail.com> wrote:

> John Vandenberg, 06/03/2012 10:23:
>> The problem isnt that they are providing ebooks, but
>> 
>> 1. they are "By Wikimedia Foundation"
>>     http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/wikimedia-foundation
>> 2. they are poor quality, or dont work
> 
> The second is their problem, but the first is clearly untrue and illegal. Luckily there are only five such items at that link, while the others are more truthful (including some linked by others in this thread, although they seem to mention "Wikipedia" on the cover as a sign of approval), but these five must be corrected.
> The WMF legals should be made aware of it, if they're not yet. In this case a letter to B&N probably suffices.
> 
> Nemo
> 
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