If the internet could be sold at auction giving the buyer an exclusive permanent monopoly to license all internet activity what would it sell for?
Fred > The Economist had an estimate recently: > > http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21573091-how-quantify-gains-internet-has-brought-consumers-net-benefits > http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2013/03/technology-2 > > - of approximately $50m "value" to readers. It's a pretty vague > estimate, but it's an interesting start. > > Andrew. > > On 8 April 2013 13:28, Lodewijk <lodew...@effeietsanders.org> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Last weekend we had a discussion about how to 'sell' the importance of >> Wikipedia to economics-focused people (a.k.a. politicians etc), and the >> question came up on how much Wikipedia contributes to the global >> economy. >> Many people access it daily, and the information they get from that >> might >> help them to run businesses, be more efficient etc. Third world >> countries >> (and maybe even the rest of the world) might have better educated >> people >> thanks to Wikipedia, which might make better and more efficient >> workers, >> higher literacy and cheaper university educations. >> >> Has there been any scientific (or other) research on the effect >> Wikipedia >> has (or had) on the world economy, or even the economy of a specific >> country/region? There are some numbers what Wikipedia would be 'worth' >> if >> it were a commercial company, but that is not what I'm looking for. >> What is >> Wikipedia worth to society, the way it currently runs. >> >> Alternatively, are there similar studies to other knowledge >> compendiums, or >> even 'the internet'? >> >> Thanks for any pointers! >> >> Lodewijk >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-l mailing list >> Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > > > -- > - Andrew Gray > andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
