Jonathan Zittrain at Harvard writes:
I’m teaching a special session of my spring cyberlaw class later this afternoon with Jimbo Wales, founder of the wikipedia. In the spirit of a wiki, please feel free to tune in. There will also be an opportunity to submit questions and comments remotely. The class is today, Monday, April 25, 2005, from 4:30-6:30 EST. Webcast and participation tool [here].
I imagine much of the session will be focused on the sustainability of a completely open content-generation model; the use of quasi-law to moderate users’ submissions, especially as more and more people seek to influence the Wiki’s content for reasons other than refining a “neutral point of view” on useful facts; and the implications of the Wikipedia’s apparent success for other forms of content generation.
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