[Foundation-l] WSJ on Wikipedia

Nathan nawrich at gmail.com
Mon Nov 23 17:41:30 UTC 2009


On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Gerard Meijssen
<gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoi,
> Given that the WSJ is making a lot of noise about moving all its content
> behind a paywall and is planning to remove its headlines from the "prying
> eyes" of Google, I think it is appropriate to honour their wish and no
> longer consider the WSJ as a verifiable source. It is appropriate because it
> is the direct consequence of their actions.
>
> When this means that the blogs are part and parcel of this wish, then we
> should not try to circumvent this even when they write about us.
> Thanks,
>     GerardM
>


We should ignore them because they want to get paid for their work?
Why? Frankly, I think the NY Times and other companies should require
payment for much of their work as well. I'm willing to pay for their
content, its worth it.

Nathan




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