[peel] Re: Peel Wikia pages on sale at Amazon ---- what is going on?

[Stuart]

The publishers are Alphascript and Betascript. Amazon have created
controversy by allowing this.

 

http://www.neowin.net/news/amazoncom-allows-the-selling-of-wikipedia-article
s

 

Wouldn't like to highlight our own Wikia by complaining for obvious
reasons..

Stuart

 

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From: peel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:peel@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ken
Sent: 09 December 2011 22:41
To: peel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [peel] Re: Peel Wikia pages on sale at Amazon ---- what is going
on?

 

  

how do we stop it? do we know who is doing it?

k

--- In peel@yahoogroups.com <mailto:peel%40yahoogroups.com> , "Stuart"
<stuartb@...> wrote:
>
> 
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/JOHN-PEEL-WEATHERMAN22S-TAPES-DEC/dp/1234743833
> 
> Well I know the answer to this one, courtesy of Private Eye. Someone or
some organisation is selling printed copies of information from Wikipedia on
Amazon, and it looks like they have expanded to Wikia too. Nonetheless it
was a shock to see my Wikia pages on sale.
> 
> There have been many complaints to Amazon from those who fell for
purchasing freely available information.
> 
> Stuart
>