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It seems like there was actual fraud in this case, where he wasn't spending the money from the Kickstarter on the project.
by smackfu 11y ago
It seems like there was actual fraud in this case, where he wasn't spending the money from the Kickstarter on the project.
- sageabilly 11y agoRight, but there's been allegations/evidence of that on dozens of successful crowdfunded projects almost since the beginning of crowdfunding. So I'm curious as to why now? Why this particular project?
- zyxley 11y agoI'm guessing that they were easily able to prove that the money went into unrelated projects, rather than "just" being spent wastefully on things related to it. Given that Keith Baker and Lee Moyer (the main game designer and illustrator, respectively) hired a lawyer to try and force Forking Path to give refunds on the project, some of the groundwork was also probably done by the time the FTC stepped in.
- unreal37 11y agoI bet they had actual real evidence to act on (i.e. whistleblower), not just allegations from upset donors.
- merpnderp 11y agoSeems like many years ago one of the first kickstarters I invested in, was hugely successful, and the first message from after the group received their money was "After a grueling kickstarter campaign we're taking the team to Thailand to celebrate. This is currently being sent from the beach, and thank you all for making our campaign a huge success." This was the last message from them.
- johnchristopher 11y agoI am curious: if it's not irony, which project was it ?
- smackfu 11y agohttp://www.forbes.com/sites/markgibbs/2012/08/20/the-truth-about-kickstarter-and-zioneyez/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/markgibbs/2012/08/20/the-truth-a...
- reagency 11y agoYou should write to the FTC. Unless the KS was for a performance art project about gullibility on the Internet.
- CydeWeys 11y agoWhy not this particular project? Sometimes the answer is that the first thing is the first thing just because it happens to be first. There doesn't have to be a deeper reason or meaning before it. The government moves slowly, and they didn't have a policy for tackling crowdfunding projects before, or it wasn't on their radar. Well now it is.
- jusben1369 11y agoYes I think it's a function of time and process. This could just be the start vs the "why now"?