[WikiEN-l] Interesting remark in Guardian blog

[Anthony]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Sam Blacketer <
sam.blacketer at googlemail.com> wrote:

>
> 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


Interesting that it's in quotes.  Is it a quotation, or were the quotation
marks used improperly?