Carr–Benkler wager: Difference between revisions

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The '''Carr-Benkler wager''' is between [[Yochai Benkler]] and [[Nicholas Carr]] over who will provide Internet content.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsfactor.com/blog_article.php?aid=599800 |title=O'Reilly Radar: The Carr-Benkler Wager |accessdate=2007-03-03 |format= |work= }}</ref> Benkler believes the majority of content will be provided by volunteers in what Benkler calls "peer production", as in [[Wikipedia]] and [[Digg]], [[Flickr]] and [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Fox Justin|last=Justin Fox|authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Getting Rich off Those Who Work for Free |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1590440-1,00.html |work= |publisher=[[Time (magazine)]] |date=[[February 15]], [[2007]] |accessdate=2007-03-03 }}</ref> Carr argues that content will be provided by paid workers, as in most news outlets and [[Google Books]].

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