Ot, ciekawostka - jak zarobić na Wikipedii. Sprawdziłem jedną z ofert na brytyjskim Amazonie - tekst o Timorze Wschodnim żywcem zerżnięty z enwiki.
Picus viridis > It was raised before on the Village Pump, but I think this is so disturbing > that we ought to do something. > > "Alphascript Publishing" has published over 1900 (and counting) books, all > available on Amazon. Prices range from $31 to $179. All of these books are > simple computer-generated copies from Wikipedia and (at least according to > one Amazon reviewer) couple other public domain websites. Trouble is, from > book description page there is absolutely no way of knowing that the book is > a Wikipedia mirror on paper. At least several Amazon buyers have been > fooled. What really gets my blood boiling is that Amazon user "VDM Verlag > Dr.Müller" (I think someone exposed him as 100% shareholder of the > publishing co) goes on rating these products as "five star".... > > The publisher seems to observe the copyright (even includes full edit > history) so legal action seems impossible. Someone already contacted Amazon, > but they "are not responsible for the quality of books sold". In the > meantime the number of such books grew from 900 in June to almost 2000 as of > today... I think we should do something. At the very least publishing > product reviews warning that what this is.... > > See: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:PrimeHunter/Alphascript_Publishing_sells_free_articles_as_expensive_books > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(miscellaneous)/Archive_20#The_Alphascript-Amazon-Wikipedia_book_hoax > http://rufftoon.livejournal.com/59337.html > > Thanks, > Renata > > P.S. on a happier note: half of Wikipedia editors now can claim to be > "published authors". _______________________________________________ WikiPL-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipl-l
