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

Renata St renatawiki at gmail.com
Fri Aug 14 16:49:40 UTC 2009


>
>  >> As long as the books give sufficient indication that they are from
> >> Wikipedia, ...
>
> > Inside the book -- yes, plenty of indication about copying. But nothing
> to
> > warn you before you buy. People are buying these books tricked into
> thinking
> > it's an original content.
>
> Yuh. Point it out in reviews etc.
>
Exactly, except that there are 2000 such books. Amazon would block me for
spamming (irony!) if I attempted to review all of them.



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