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Yes. In my mind kickstarter.com is also the solution to the intelectual property problem. How can, knowledge workers, for instance musicians, earn money in the
by FrojoS 15y ago
Yes. In my mind kickstarter.com is also the solution to the intelectual property problem. How can, knowledge workers, for instance musicians, earn money in the 21. century? Simple, charge upfront before publishing.
Imagine a popular band like U2 would ask for the money, they expect from their next album, upfront. I think, their fans, including me, would do what ever it takes to raise that money together. Et voila, you can still become rich as musician without mega concerts or a police state.
I've been talking about this solution with my friends for years. We never made it happen. Now kickstarter.com is here. But I'm still waiting for a large adaptation in the music or game industry. Is it just a question of time and promotion or am I'm overlooking something important?
- rosser 15y agoI don't know if it's necessarily something you're overlooking, but the Diaspora situation likely had something of a cooling effect (as opposed to a chilling effect) on funding software projects through sites like Kickstarter. They sucked up gobs of money and have so far woefully under-delivered. I've kicked a few bucks (or more) at a project or two through Kickstarter and similar sites (the recent $500 3D printer drive on IndieGoGo [0], for example, and somewhat apropos the linked project), but always with the expectation of receiving something tangible, even if it's just a t-shirt or the like. Most likely, the thing keeping people from doing it more is the lack of successful examples. If a project or two can get funded, and deliver, the model would probably take off beyond anyone's expectations. Until then, though, the only example I can think of is Diaspora, and that's left a pretty bad taste in a lot of peoples' mouths. [0] http://www.indiegogo.com/eMAKER-Huxley-3D-printer-kits http://www.indiegogo.com/eMAKER-Huxley-3D-printer-kits
- FrojoS 15y agoThanks. I think this is exactly the problem. We need the big, well respected names to use kickstater. The people, that we know can deliver quality. Say Linus Torvald would come up with another great idea like GIT. I would try hard to collect whatever money it takes to make him start working on it.