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Re:AOL: Hand Over Crunchbase and Nobody Gets Hurt by troymc on Tuesday March 29, 2011 @08:40PM (#2385239)
Just because the data is open doesn't mean there's no business opportunity. There are plenty of businesses built on using open data.

Example 1: Some businesses publish and sell paper books containing Wikipedia articles.

Example 2: CloudMade provides platforms for building web and mobile apps using OSM data (CC-BY-SA 2).

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