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Peter Damian
post Thu 27th January 2011, 8:00pm
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I've heard claims here occasionally that Wikipedia could be sold off. Is that possible? Who actually owns it? What is it they actually own? Could anyone get their hands on it and make a ton of money from ? What would they be getting their hands on?
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dogbiscuit
post Fri 28th January 2011, 6:25pm
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It seems antony's been drinking the Google juice.

Still, I can't imagine Google doing anything wrong, not copyright theft, not intercepting and storing private information. No, they are the perfect ethical company who will never advantage their own interests above others and anyone who says otherwise is clearly barking.

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Peter Damian   Who owns Wikipedia?   Thu 27th January 2011, 8:00pm
TungstenCarbide   I've heard claims here occasionally that Wiki...   Thu 27th January 2011, 9:00pm
thekohser   I've heard claims here occasionally that Wiki...   Thu 27th January 2011, 9:03pm
Ottava   I've heard claims here occasionally that Wiki...   Thu 27th January 2011, 9:14pm
WikiWatch   Why would anyone want to buy it? It is already CC...   Thu 27th January 2011, 11:19pm
dogbiscuit   Why would anyone want to buy it? It is already C...   Fri 28th January 2011, 12:19am
Ottava   Why would anyone want to buy it? It is already C...   Fri 28th January 2011, 3:18am
radek   I've heard claims here occasionally that Wik...   Fri 28th January 2011, 12:08am
TungstenCarbide   As the others said it's the brand name... You ...   Fri 28th January 2011, 5:15am
radek   As the others said it's the brand name... You...   Fri 28th January 2011, 7:18am
thekohser   Cause and effect. It's the brand name. That i...   Fri 28th January 2011, 3:50pm
anthony   If Google decided tomorrow to copy Wikipedia...   Fri 28th January 2011, 3:54pm
thekohser   The problem with that argument is that Google woul...   Fri 28th January 2011, 4:10pm
dogbiscuit   If Google decided tomorrow to copy Wikipedia...   Fri 28th January 2011, 4:12pm
anthony   [quote name='anthony' post='266901' date='Fri 28t...   Fri 28th January 2011, 4:33pm
radek   Cause and effect. It's the brand name. That ...   Fri 28th January 2011, 11:25pm
carbuncle   [quote name='thekohser' post='266900' date='Fri 2...   Sat 29th January 2011, 12:07am
WikiWatch   [quote name='thekohser' post='266900' date='Fri 2...   Sat 29th January 2011, 3:17am
anthony   As the others said it's the brand name... You...   Fri 28th January 2011, 2:33pm
Kelly Martin   Greg pretty much nailed it: the main transactable ...   Thu 27th January 2011, 9:30pm
Peter Damian   Who owns the fact that when I Google anything it g...   Thu 27th January 2011, 10:20pm
Ottava   No 'it' is not CC-BY-SA-3.0. 'It...   Thu 27th January 2011, 10:35pm
carbuncle   I was going to say that, like a hooker, you could...   Fri 28th January 2011, 3:35am
gomi   Legally, the Wikimedia Foundation (or whatever it ...   Thu 27th January 2011, 10:46pm
Peter Damian   Legally, the Wikimedia Foundation (or whatever it...   Thu 27th January 2011, 10:54pm
thekohser   Does anyone know who I would approach? I would l...   Fri 28th January 2011, 4:29am
Peter Damian   Does anyone know who I would approach? I would ...   Fri 28th January 2011, 7:02pm
Jon Awbrey   Well I try to signal humour or irony by saying th...   Fri 28th January 2011, 7:08pm
thekohser   Well I try to signal humour or irony by saying th...   Fri 28th January 2011, 7:22pm
Peter Damian   Well I try to signal humour or irony by saying t...   Fri 28th January 2011, 9:33pm
Kelly Martin   This is not an exhaustive list. The Wikimedia Fou...   Fri 28th January 2011, 6:00am
anthony   This is not an exhaustive list. The Wikimedia Fo...   Fri 28th January 2011, 2:16pm
Abd   This is not an exhaustive list. The Wikimedia Fou...   Sat 29th January 2011, 10:35pm
anthony   Mmm... nonprofits can sell advertising, and can p...   Sat 29th January 2011, 11:47pm
gomi   Mmm... nonprofits can sell advertising, and can pa...   Sun 30th January 2011, 12:24am
anthony   Regarding selling advertising, many non-profits d...   Sun 30th January 2011, 1:14am
Peter Damian   I've heard claims here occasionally that Wiki...   Fri 28th January 2011, 9:36pm
gomi   I suppose it should have been "Could anyone g...   Fri 28th January 2011, 10:08pm
Peter Damian   [quote name='Peter Damian' post='266937' date='Fr...   Fri 28th January 2011, 10:30pm
gomi   On who makes these decisions, how are the trustees...   Sat 29th January 2011, 12:41am
Peter Damian   [quote name='Peter Damian' post='266943' date='Fr...   Sat 29th January 2011, 8:28am
thekohser   I think Jimbo already proved that this particula...   Sat 29th January 2011, 1:01pm
Somey   There are two things that strike me about this, as...   Sat 29th January 2011, 11:49pm
EricBarbour   I guess what I'm saying WRT advertising is tha...   Sat 29th January 2011, 11:58pm
radek   I guess what I'm saying WRT advertising is th...   Sun 30th January 2011, 12:56am
Peter Damian   even the most short-sighted businesses don't ...   Sun 30th January 2011, 9:34am
EricBarbour   If you read anything that WMF puts out, or join in...   Sun 30th January 2011, 10:27am
Peter Damian   You've just described Wikia, btw. Not quite...   Sun 30th January 2011, 11:36am
Somey   In the case of articles about large corporations, ...   Sun 30th January 2011, 6:22pm
Peter Damian   But if Wikipedia were to set up something like Wi...   Sun 30th January 2011, 7:23pm
Milton Roe   [quote name='Somey' post='267030' date='Sun 30th ...   Sun 30th January 2011, 7:39pm
thekohser   MWB was a much better idea. The problem always w...   Mon 31st January 2011, 1:40am
EricBarbour   You guys are assuming that Google's page ranki...   Mon 31st January 2011, 2:17am
TungstenCarbide   Perhaps Mr. Brandt would have a few choice comment...   Mon 31st January 2011, 4:04am
WikiWatch   You guys are assuming that Google's page rank...   Mon 31st January 2011, 4:15am

 

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