[WikiEN-l] Possible copyright violation of Wikipedia content by Infoslurp.com

Wed Feb 9 15:58:53 UTC 2005

Stacey,

I just have a couple of more questions/notes:

[1] So, is it ok to display Google AdSense on the website? This 
would basically mean that the website is earning revenue from 
Wikipedia content.

[2] And the website also removes the "Wikipedia, the free 
encyclopedia" text from the page title tags and the "From 
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" text from the pages.

[3] The main website [ http://www.infoslurp.com/ ] does not have 
any links to the Wikipedia content [ 
http://www.infoslurp.com/information/ ] section. It has 
information about "Hair Transplants" and points the user to 
another website. In fact, on the main website, it does not 
mention anything about Wikipedia or the Wikipedia section.

The only advantage that I see is that it is providing Wikipedia 
content on a different website. That way it might be contributing 
in decreasing the bandwith load on the actual Wikipedia website. 
But what good is such a "mirror" (not sure if it an actual 
mirror) if it is hidden and the only way you can get to it is to 
stumble upon it accidentally?

To me, it seems to be a clear case of trying to make money out of 
Wikipedia content using questionable methods.

Comments are welcome.

- Bobby

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stacey Greenstein" <stacey.nj at gmail.com>
To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at Wikipedia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Possible copyright violation of Wikipedia 
content byInfoslurp.com

> No copyvio here. Wikipedia is downstreamed to several websites.
> Infolurp is only one of many sites that mirror Wikipedia's
> information.
>
> Stacey Greenstein
> aka UtherSRG
>
>
> On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 04:56:01 -0500, Bobby Maisnam 
> <maisnam at utk.edu> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I am posting to this list because I could not find a way to 
>> email
>> Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us
>>
>> The following site seems to be a direct copy of Wikipedia
>> content.
>> http://www.infoslurp.com/information/
>>
>> And it also has Google Ads. I wonder how Google is allowing 
>> this
>> site to earn revenue from Wikipedia content.
>>
>> Example page:
>> Original Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogger
>> Infoslurp page: http://www.infoslurp.com/information/Blogger
>>
>> Thanks,
>> - Bobby Maisnam
>>