"One of my deeper criticisms of the exploitative nature of Wikipedia, and why I don’t believe it’s a good model for anything much except taking advantage of relatively powerless people, is the way it engages in the practice “risk-shifting”. For example, where low-level volunteers bear the legal risks and costs of legally problematic actions. The con-men who push wonderful stories about self-emergent collective-mind free work, typically never mention that lawsuits can get directed towards real people, not technomystic concepts. This problem is made much worse by the ability of some organizations to disclaim liability and push it onto the unpaid labor."
Insufficiently discussed aspect of Wikipedia: “risk-shifting”, where low-level volunteers bear legal risks and costs
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Infothought: Wikimedia proposes “Legal Fees Assistance Program” for Wikipedia, etc support role
