On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Ryan Kaldari <[email protected]> wrote:
> As has been rightfully pointed out to me, if these robo-book publishers
> are following the terms of the CC-by-sa licensing (which is doubtful),
> there isn't really anything we can do about it. I just wonder what will
> happen to the online book market once wikipedia robo-books become 50% or
> more of the search results (which is already true in some obscure
> cases). Perhaps Wikipedia will inadvertently cause the demise of Amazon
> and the rebirth of local bookstores.
>
> Ryan Kaldari

While that would be a result devoutly to be wished for, I expect it will
rather more likely lead to Amazon tightening policies on what they will
help distribute -- not that that would be a bad result either.



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Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]

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