[WikiEN-l] Interesting remark in Guardian blog

[Fred Bauder]

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

> caught 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.
>
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> Sam Blacketer
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