[Wikimedia-l] "putting profit before knowledge"

[Victor Grigas]

They could learn something from Mr. Ndubane:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Impact_of_Wikipedia_Dumisani_Ndubane.webm

On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>wrote:

> Mass copyright violation for profit... hard to defend, really.
>
> Don't they have libraries?
>
> On 4 December 2012 00:07, Richard Symonds
> <richard.symonds at wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
> > I was going to send this just to comcom, but I think all of us should
> read
> > it: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20576409
> >
> > A small shop in Delhi is being sued for copyright infringement, for
> copying
> > academic textbooks for students.
> >
> > The action is being taken by three leading international publishers.
> >
> > Students - and some authors - have accused the publishers of putting
> profit
> > before knowledge. But the publishers say they had no alternative.
> > Richard Symonds
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