There's already a bill to change the law to accommodate. http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/08/faq-what-the-new-u-s-crowdfunding-bill-means-for-entrepreneurs/ http

There's already a bill to change the law to accommodate. http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/08/faq-what-the-new-u-s-crowdfunding-bill-means-for-entrepreneurs/ http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/08/faq-what-the-new-u-s-crowd... Kickstarter et al. have been project-focused and artist-centric primarily in order to get around the "motivations to invest" problem, so passing this could open the gates to a new wave of startups.