On 28 January 2011 13:28, SlimVirgin <[email protected]> wrote: > I think there's a sense of annoyance among writers whose work is being > copied that the books are so expensive -- sometimes around $50 for a > 10,000-word article -- and that the ads for them on Amazon don't make clear > enough that they're on Wikipedia for free. > The ones I'm thinking of, Alphascript Publishing, give the names of three > editors as though they might have written or edited the material, when in > fact it's lifted word for word. > Also, as you said, we've seen editors try to use them as sources, not > realizing they're in a hall of mirrors.
Yeah. The problem is there's no direct action we can really take without hampering the good reasons for reuse of our material. Or just scaring people off. I think the best we can do is raise awareness. This will do that, slightly. - d. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
