My thought was for the Foundation to approach Amazon regarding carrying listings of such books which seriously represent their content. as this one does. Such a book approaches fraud.
Fred Bauder > I see, thanks Mike. Personally I'm not for this kind of attempt, I'd > rather agree with Ryan: if and only if they complies with CC-BY-SA > deeds, is there any room for us to prevent them legally to spread it > even in a surprisingly overestimated price? Thought? > > 2010/11/2 M. Williamson <[email protected]>: >> The issue is that this book: >> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6131076278/ >> >> is a direct copy of the English Wikipedia article. >> >> There are many more books like this made by the same company. >> >> >> 2010/11/1 KIZU Naoko <[email protected]>: >>> Well while Ryan and Fred look having a valid concern, on this >>> particular issue >>> I have no idea what you guys discuss. >>> >>> The article seems to be a full translation of Japanese Wikipedia >>> article which seem to be based on three Japanese books (see >>> "references" in the jawiki article) all in paper, not robo-books. >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Ryan Kaldari <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> It is actually becoming somewhat difficult to search for books on >>>> obscure subjects on Amazon or Alibris without being completely >>>> spammed >>>> with matches for "robo-books" automatically generated from Wikipedia >>>> articles. Recently, I was doing research for a Wikipedia article on a >>>> rather obscure type of spider, and I came very close to buying a book >>>> on >>>> it before I realized that it was actually just a reprint of the >>>> content >>>> I had already written for the article. So I almost paid someone for >>>> my >>>> own writing! Perhaps we should put together a project to keep track >>>> of >>>> these robo-book publishers so that we can start asking for some >>>> royalties (or else sue them for not giving us proper credit). >>>> >>>> Ryan Kaldari >>>> >>>> On 10/31/10 9:41 AM, Fred Bauder wrote: >>>>> There is a book review of a 98 page book supposedly about Ukita >>>>> Kōkichi (who apparently prematurely invented the hang glider) >>>>> >>>>> http://blog.seattlepi.com/travelforaircraft/archives/226709.asp >>>>> >>>>> Which consists of this Wikipedia article: >>>>> >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukita_K%C5%8Dkichi >>>>> >>>>> and a few others >>>>> >>>>> Listed on Amazon for 50 bucks: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6131076278/ >>>>> >>>>> together with a bevy of other sellers: >>>>> >>>>> http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/6131076278/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new >>>>> >>>>> Fred >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> foundation-l mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> Unsubscribe: >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> foundation-l mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe: >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> KIZU Naoko / $BLZDE>0;R(B >>> member of Wikimedians in Kansai / $B4X@>%&%#%-%a%G%#%"%f!<%62q(B >>> http://kansai.wikimedia.jp >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> foundation-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > > > > -- > KIZU Naoko / $BLZDE>0;R(B > member of Wikimedians in Kansai / $B4X@>%&%#%-%a%G%#%"%f!<%62q(B > http://kansai.wikimedia.jp > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
