Mixed news for crowdfunding site Kickstarter this week. It’s had a partial success in its fight against a patent infringement lawsuit brought by ArtistShare, which claims a patent for “methods and apparatuses for financing and marketing a creative work”.
Tag: Kickstarter
Pebble smart-watch past the $10m mark on Kickstarter
The Pebble smart-watch has become (we think) the first Kickstarter project to raise more than $10m on the crowdfunding site.
Music Ally Report: Un-chartered Territory
With the news that the Official Charts Company will this Monday launch Britain’s first streaming chart, our lead considers what this new chart will add to our understanding of how people consume music
Amanda Palmer now past $418k in Kickstarter campaign
Could Amanda Palmer be the first music artist to top $1m in a Kickstarter fundraising campaign? She’s well on the way, shooting past $418k just two days after launching her project on the crowdfunding site.
Music Ally Report : Exclusive excess: will exclusives wound streaming?
Our lead considers whether there is a long-term threat to the digital music market from exclusives. For example if one streaming service is favoured over others for exclusive releases and catalogue, what message does it send to the consumer?
YouTube now helping creators link to Kickstarter and Indiegogo
The latest company to leap onto the crowdfunding bandwagon is… YouTube! Google’s video site is now making it easier for people to link their videos to projects on two crowdfunding sites: Kickstarter and Indiegogo
YouTube now helping creators link to Kickstarter and Indiegogo
The latest company to leap onto the crowdfunding bandwagon is… YouTube! Google’s video site is now making it easier for people to link their videos to projects on two crowdfunding sites: Kickstarter and Indiegogo.
Smart watches making a Kickstarter-fuelled comeback
The consumer electronics industry has had a stab at making ‘smart’ watches before, but they never really caught on but now that might change with a project called Pebble that has raised just under $1.7m in a matter of days on Kickstarter.
Smart watches making a Kickstarter-fuelled comeback
The consumer electronics industry has had a stab at making ‘smart’ watches before, but they never really caught on. 2012 looks like being the year the idea makes a comeback, though.
Music blogging collecting Ad Hoc launches with Kickstarter funding
There’s a new umbrella music blog in town called Ad Hoc. Ad Hoc has raised more than $37k on Kickstarter from more than 1,000 backers to get started.
Music blogging collecting Ad Hoc launches with Kickstarter funding
There’s a new umbrella music blog in town called Ad Hoc, which has risen from the ashes of Pitchfork’s Altered Zones website
Games and comic projects boost other Kickstarter categories
Fan-funding service Kickstarter has published an interesting blog post digging into the impact of two recent high-profile projects: game Double Fine Adventure and web-comic Order of the Stick, which raised $3.3m and $1.3m respectively.