Contract negotiation according to the Marx Brothers

EDITOR’S NOTE: Here at Anthill, we’ve taken a particular interest in the evolving concept of crowdsourcing, and specifically the growing practice of companies sourcing creative ideas and designs from the crowd online. Crowdsourcing is a bone of contention in the Anthill community. For yet another view, here we publish the thoughts of Paul Cornwell, Partner at creative agency BCM Partnership, on Unilever’s recent use of crowdsourcing website Idea Bounty to source creative ideas for its Peperami brand.