[WikiEN-l] Interesting remark in Guardian blog

[Sam Blacketer]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/16/internet-copyright-lawcaught
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