[Wikipedia-l] "Why Wikipedia Sucks. Big Time"

[Fred Bauder]

Extracting concepts and other facts is perfectly legal. If unacknowleged
(Which is standard Wikipedia operating practice and WRONG) this may be
plagarism but is not a copyright violation. Neither ideas or facts can be
copyrighted.

Fred


> From: Mathias Schindler <neubau at presroi.de>
> Reply-To: wikipedia-l at Wikimedia.org
> Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 18:24:27 +0200
> To: Mailingliste der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia <wikide-l at Wikipedia.org>,
> wikipedia-l at Wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Wikipedia-l] "Why Wikipedia Sucks. Big Time"
> 
> http://homepage.univie.ac.at/horst.prillinger/blog/archives/2004/06/index.html
> #000623
> 
> Eine Perle:
> 
> "Text and concepts for Wikipedia entries are often blatantly copied from
> other websites. To avoid instant recognition, the text is sometimes
> rewritten, adding inaccuracies, inconsistencies or even errors. Due to
> the nature of the content and the open format of Wikipedia, no copyright
> holder can do anything about this."
> 
> 
> (I don't agree with this text but I find it interesting to read most
> objections to wikipedia condensed on a single non-wikipedia-affiliated page)
> 
> Sonnenscheinverwöhnte bitte wegschauen..
> Nicht, daß ich glaube, daß er das Prinzip in der letzten Konsequenz
> verstanden hat...
> 
> Mathias
> -- 
> nach uns der synflood.
> 
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