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sez it all: 'because they were able to build the user base....'

• x5n1 11y ago
  there is more than one way to skin a cat, just because they were able to do it... say like encyclopedia Britannica, doesn't mean wikipedia can't come along and say f-u.
  • BallinBige 11y ago
    who's stopping someone from doing that then? im with you.
  • j_lev 11y ago
    Did Wikipedia upload all the entries of Encyclopedia Britannica? I wasn't aware.
    • cariaso 11y ago
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Encyclopaedia_Britannica#The_history_of_adaptation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Encyclop... Yes. The 1911 Britannica was used to populate many wikipedia articles.
      • rue 11y ago
        Public domain (if it isn’t obvious from the year), which is a far cry from content that has been just produced or aggregated.