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Wikimedia Proposes Advertising [Updated]
user9918277462 writes "The Board of the Wikimedia Foundation has announced a new partnership with the Answers Corporation, which provides the content for Google Definitions links. There is also a lengthy discussion, wiki-style for those who wish to participate." Update 10/25 18:42 by SM: An announcement has been posted on Wikipedia to help clarify the original submission (which thankfully was patently false and has since been cleaned up a bit, our apologies to Wikimedia). Answers.com will be creating their own co-branded version which will show ads and no ads will be shown on wikipedia.
I have 5 Mod points that are going to go unused because there is no "Logical" in the pull down list.
Mod parent up +5 Logical.
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Yes, I apay my ISP to get access to internet content. My ISP connects via the local Telephone company and they pay for access as well. The local Telephone company pays to get access to the POP's (Point of Presence). We are all paying to get access to internet content. I would like to know how it is legal for the food chain to suddenly switch direction at the connection to the servers that run Wikimedia.
I would propose that if one looks at this legally then it is an unfair trade practice. To bad I am not a lawyer.
The point in countries other than the USA who connect to pop's in the USA is that these telcos pay Americans for access to internet content yet they refuse to pey citizens of their own country. In the USA the principal is the same - one group of people are being paid while another group are being billed.
Well, this ain't Hawaii, it's America, and the word sounds gay in American English.