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It's plainly obvious that Kickstarter is a way of crowdfunding investment in creative projects. It's in tabloid's interests to stroke controversy by suggesting

• astrange 12y ago
  It's a store for the reward you paid for. The projects have absolutely promised to give it to you.
  • lhnz 12y ago
    Either way it's on the project founders and the consumer-investors not Kickstarter.
    • VikingCoder 12y ago
      If some noticable percentage of the time, you walked into Costco, and paid for something, but then they didn't give it to you, that would be news, too. It's valid to question the Kickstarter model, because sometimes, projects don't deliver. I still think it's a great model, but I understand the risk. It is valid to inform people of the risk, though. That's news.
• VikingCoder 12y ago
  ...except it's not "investment," and projects do have a legal responsibility to deliver. From their FAQ: Is a creator legally obligated to fulfill the promises of their project? Yes. Kickstarter's Terms of Use require creators to fulfill all rewards of their project or refund any backer whose reward they do not or cannot fulfill. (This is what creators see before they launch.) This information can serve as a basis for legal recourse if a creator doesn't fulfill their promises. We hope that backers will consider using this provision only in cases where they feel that a creator has not made a good faith effort to complete the project and fulfill.
• angryasian 12y ago
  for most consumers, if it looks like a store and acts like a store... they will think its a store.