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unfortunately, some of the suggestions are coming dangerously close to what US securities laws were initially built for. the kickstarter route, where fillion o
by jwb119 16y ago
unfortunately, some of the suggestions are coming dangerously close to what US securities laws were initially built for.
the kickstarter route, where fillion owns the property seems fine, but once you're talking about offering shares of a company to fans that would own the franchise, that's hard to see how that wouldn't be a violation of securities laws as an unregistered public offering.
- nostromo 16y agoMaybe they could emulate Bowie Bonds somehow... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowie_Bonds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowie_Bonds
- wisty 16y agoYeah, he'd need an IPO to offer shares to the general public. And that requires a lot of work (which is why investment banks often take a big slice). I'm not sure what obstacles there are to an IPO though.