The term “crowdsourcing” was coined in 2005 to describe how some companies replaced employees and suppliers with an undefined, generally 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 company Threadless2, and online encyclopedia Wikipedia3 to the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter.4 Crowdsourcing has proven to be a viable means of production and has proliferated rapidly since it provides access to capital, new ideas, and talent by leveraging the low-cost, global, open, and distributed power of the Internet.5

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使用法律众包（“法律外包”）以实现法律，法规和政策目标

“众包”一词是在2005年创造的，用于描述一些公司如何通过Internet上的公开电话以一群不确定的，通常是一大群人代替员工和供应商。1今天，众包是一种行之有效的商业生产方法，初创企业和成熟企业都使用此模型来创造和交付价值。这些企业的范围从T恤公司Threadless2到在线百科全书Wikipedia3到众筹平台Kickstarter。4众包被证明是一种可行的生产手段，并且由于其通过利用资本，新思想和才华提供了获取途径，因此迅速发展。互联网的低成本，全球，开放和分布式功能。5