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53 Am. Bus. L.J. 145 (2016)
The Use of Legal Crowdsourcing (Lawsourcing) to Achieve Legal, Regulatory, and Policy Objectives

handle is hein.journals/ambuslj53 and id is 145 raw text is: American Business Law Journal Volume 53, Issue 1, 145-192, Spring 2016 The Use of Legal Crowdsourcing (Lawsourcing) to Achieve Legal, Regulatory, and Policy Objectives David Orozco* INTRODUCTION The term crowdsourcing was coined in 2005 to describe how some companies replaced employees and suppliers with an undefined, gener- ally large group of individuals via an open call on the Internet.1 Today, crowdsourcing is a well-established method of business production, with start-ups and established enterprises alike using this model to create and deliver value. These enterprises range from t-shirt *Associate Professor of Legal Studies, College of Business, Florida State University; dorozco@fsu.edu. The author thanks Jake Linford for offering helpful comments and Barbara Kaplan for providing thorough research assistance. The author likewise appreciates the useful feedback provided by the 2015 Academy of Legal Studies in Business conference attendees and the anonymous referees who reviewed this article. 'William Safire, On Language, N.Y. TIMES (Feb. 5, 2009), http://www.nytimes.com/ 2009/02/08/magazine/08wwln-safire-t.html (describing how Wired Magazine editors Jeff Howe and Mark Robinson coined the term); see also Jeff Howe, Crowdsourcing: A Definition, CROWDSOURCING (June 2, 2006, 10:30 AM), http://www.crowdsourcing. com/cs/2006/06/crowdsourcinga.html (Simply defined, crowdsourcing represents the act of a company or institution taking a function once performed by employees and outsourcing it to an undefined (and generally large) network of people in the form of an open call. This can take the form of peer-production (when the job is performed collaboratively), but is also often undertaken by sole individuals. The crucial prerequisite is the use of the open call format and the large network of potential laborers.). © 2016 The Author American Business Law Journal © 2016 Academy of Legal Studies in Business 145