Business - Written by Paul Artiuch on Monday, December 3, 2007 14:09 - 0 Comments
Wikipedia to pay for some content
The popular online encyclopedia is taking a small step away from its volunteer-based model by introducing small payments for contributions of key illustrations. The explosive growth of contribution-based communities such as YouTube and Flickr, has sparked an intense discussion around the ownership and revenue sharing of user generated content. Although, contributors benefit by gaining exposure to their work, many argue that they should get a share of the income they help generate. Wikipedia’s not-for-profit model allows it to escape calls for revenue sharing, although, apparently this leads to some gaps in the content. Philip Greenspun, who donated $20 000 to Wikipedia to fund the illustrations, explains: “In comparing the Web versions to the print versions [of encyclopedias], I noticed that the publishers’ main contribution to the quality of the books was in adding professionally drawn illustrations. It occurred to me that when the dust settled on the Wikipedia versus Britannica question, the likely conclusion would be ‘Wikipedia is more up to date; Britannica has better illustrations.’” It seems that while the voluntary contribution model is great at seeding and quickly expending the content available on Wikipedia, some sort of for-profit motive needs to exist to put the finishing touches on the overall offering.
Browse Content
- The iPhone, growing up digital, and my daughter's education
- Playbor: When work and fun coincide
- Lessons in collaboration from B.B. King’s
- A decade of frustration ahead?
- Games, user experience, and retroactive Continuity--All enabled by platforms
- Survey: How prepared is the enterprise to lead in the age of unbounded data?
- When you ask customers to dance, let them lead
- Real world examples for collaboration ROI
- Will you use Target's mobile coupons?
- Mobile platform magic: Five things executives must know about mobility
- Addressing the social media ‘support gap’
- On unintended consequences
- Mobile platform magic: Five things executives must know about mobility
- Will you use Target’s mobile coupons?
- Lessons in collaboration from B.B. King’s
- Games, user experience, and retroactive Continuity–All enabled by platforms
- Survey: How prepared is the enterprise to lead in the age of unbounded data?
- A decade of frustration ahead?
- The iPhone, growing up digital, and my daughter’s education
- Real world examples for collaboration ROI
- Playbor: When work and fun coincide
- farmville is the best game ever and this is the best blog post!...
- Physicians are totally antiquated in their use of the computer. Its funny - a r...
- Great list of questions, Laura. Check out this post by someone who signed up for...
- Not everybody will have read Malthus. And the the title heading of this post app...
- Given the numbers not connected properly, there's continuous digital divide....
- Quite possibly....
- Due to global financial crisis companies and individuals are affected. Many work...
- Good post Naumi,
I like how you relate the jazz band performance to customer ...
Business - Mar 19, 2010 16:57 - 0 Comments
Addressing the social media ‘support gap’
More In Business
- Mobile platform magic: Five things executives must know about mobility
- Will you use Target’s mobile coupons?
- Games, user experience, and retroactive Continuity–All enabled by platforms
- Survey: How prepared is the enterprise to lead in the age of unbounded data?
- Real world examples for collaboration ROI
Entertainment - Mar 9, 2010 16:58 - 3 Comments
Lessons in collaboration from B.B. King’s
More In Entertainment
- CL!CK – LEGO’s fun social product development platform
- Peer Pressure 2.0: Farmville
- Online gaming more than just fun
- The NFL – The most protective league, attempting to control the uncontrollable
- The rise of computational photography and the birth of camera 2.0


Leave a Reply