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Yes, that is the theory behind crowdsourcing, but what is the actual legal reality? We often don't know that until it has been tested in a court.
by verve_rat 3y ago
Yes, that is the theory behind crowdsourcing, but what is the actual legal reality? We often don't know that until it has been tested in a court.
- jacquesm 3y agoYou normally speaking shouldn't care. But there have actually been Kickstarter cases brought to court that were resolved in the favor of the backers. Examples: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/06/feds-take-first-action-against-a-failed-kickstarter-with-112k-judgment/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/06/feds-take-first-... (most likely fraud) https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/32334/court-orders-fines-payments-kickstarter-case https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/32334/court-orders-fines... (seems to have been either bad timing or someone that needed the court to get off their ass) https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/12/chronicles-of-elyria-dev-celebrates-dismissal-of-backer-lawsuit-as-next-phase-of-heros-journey/ https://massivelyop.com/2022/10/12/chronicles-of-elyria-dev-... (many millions of $, case dismissed) So it's a bit of a toss-up. Especially the second is weird because the state is awarded $54K versus a pittance to the backers and apparently the backers did in fact receive their stuff. All in all, other than outright fraud I don't see much in terms of real world recourse here, and even then you have to wonder if you shouldn't just write it off. The last one is interesting: by handing a lot of $ to a project initiator you are also effectively funding them from defending from you suing them...