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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mirtek" data-source="post: 6759468" data-attributes="member: 40810">No, it's legally absolutely the same. If WotC would start a kickstarter drive for a full FRCS and I were to pledge 50€ to receive a copy of the FRCS once it's finished, that's legally actually me pre-ordering the FRCS from WotC. There's no other legal transaction that is applicable to what transpired. Yes, I carry the risk that the FRCS I just pre-ordered might never be completed and my money will be lost, but that is fully possible with certain kinds of pre-orders.I don't give WotC a loan, I don't gain buy share in WotC, I don't make a donation, I don't give them a gift - these are all legally defined types of transaction. Technically it's a special sort of employment contract in which Wotc is paid to perform a work for me to the best of their ability without being accountable for success (a type of contract often done with software companies actually) and me carrying the risk of failure (unless I can blame WotC with severe neglect of their duties) No crowfunding is what the crowd does, KS only offers a platform on which the the would-be entrepreneur can present himself to the crowd. That's different from mediator who truly go and present promising entrepreneur to would-be backers (e.g. actively seek them out with a collection of projects and convice them to buy in, while kickstarter provides a mostly passive servie). No, it's designed to give it's user the opportunity to do so with each other.Which is legally you pre-ordering them. There is no other applicable legal transaction. That's how it's taxed, that are the legal rights and obligations attained by both parties.If WotC were to use KS to crowdfund a full FRCS it would directly be selling said FRCS to me instead of using it's own fund or loans to produce it and then sell it through B&N; Amazon, FLGS, etc. thus directly depriving them of this business, putting a serious wedge in their partnership. Taking the middle man out of businessIf you had already sold your last 10 novels through bookstores, you chosing to go kickstarter for your novel 11+ would be you deciding to end your business with bookstores.Don't expect themt to be happy, which you may not care about at all and be happy about your increased share of profits or may rue one day depening on which services of bookstores you'll still need.</blockquote>

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