[Foundation-l] Stopping the presses: Britannica to stop printing books

[Keegan Peterzell]

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 5:14 AM, Joan Goma <jrgoma at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The idea is that if they believe (or their marketing studies say) there is
> a market for an encyclopedia reviewed by professionals I think that this is
> not incompatible with free license.
>
> If it were published under a free license this opens them endless
> possibilities. Can copy and review articles in the same language version of
> Wikipedia or possible translations from other languages.
>
> Its "value" does not get lost by free licensing because when someone
> removes it from their website the content is no longer guaranteed to be
> controlled by their professional prestige.
>
> If we copied to wikipedia part of its content we were not damaging their
> profitability in the contrary generate traffic to their website that they
> know how turn in revenue.
>
> The Enciclopèdia Catalana case is unique. It was created on 1968 a very
> difficult historical period for Catalan. It was financed by voluntary
> contributions from individuals and private entities and they will continue
> having the support of Catalan society including my personal support if
> needed nothing farther from my intention than damaging them.


I absolutely understand and agree.  Good idea for a project to have and
utilize.

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~Keegan

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