Wikipedia Gets Published - Should Writers Get Paid?

It seems a debate is brewing in the "Wikipedia-sphere" surrounding the commercialization and the soon-to-be-made profit from the voluntarily written and edited online encyclopedia web site. For the first time, a major publisher has made plans to print out and sell popular articles from the site, leaving many wondering if the content's writers are being scammed out of royalties to which they are due.

Here's the full story:

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives...s_get_paid.php

Personally, if this pushes through, this could be the cause of Wikipedia's downfall. If they won't give any credit to those who are contributing to the site, for sure they'll lose a lot of valuable writers.