September 1, 2006

'Wikimania' Participants Give the Online Encyclopedia Mixed Reviews

By BROCK READ

If any of the Wikipedia contributors who trekked to this year's Wikimania conference needed a self-esteem boost, they surely got it from Lawrence Lessig, the Stanford University law professor who has become something of a guru on matters of digital copyright. Speaking to a standing-room-only crowd at Harvard University's law school, Mr. Lessig lavishly praised the online encyclopedia, which is written entirely by unpaid volunteers, for "democratizing knowledge."

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