Comments on: Kickstarter success for DRM-free webcomics, reader-funded long-form journalism http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/kickstarter-success-for-drm-fr.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 09:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Kristen Sangregorio http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/kickstarter-success-for-drm-fr.html#comment-1356701 Kristen Sangregorio Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146049#comment-1356701  Yes, the Double Fine kickstarter is very exciting! It's the first project to reach $2 million. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/66710809/double-fine-adventure On a personal note, I grew up playing Monkey Island and Grim Fandango. The fact that we're going to get another one from the same creators is simply fantastic!  Yes, the Double Fine kickstarter is very exciting! It’s the first project to reach $2 million. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/66710809/double-fine-adventure

On a personal note, I grew up playing Monkey Island and Grim Fandango. The fact that we’re going to get another one from the same creators is simply fantastic!

]]> By: The Rizz http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/kickstarter-success-for-drm-fr.html#comment-1355766 The Rizz Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146049#comment-1355766  Yes, the OOtS kickstarter was amazing ($1.2M over what they asked!?), and the author put a lot of work into it. The near-daily updates on the Kickstarter page that were done in the form of webcomics were a neat bonus to his fans, too. Also, you've got to love the Belkar Dr. Evil reference when they hit One MILLION Dollars! The webcomic is a must for any fan of roleplaying, especially D&D payers: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0001.html  Yes, the OOtS kickstarter was amazing ($1.2M over what they asked!?), and the author put a lot of work into it. The near-daily updates on the Kickstarter page that were done in the form of webcomics were a neat bonus to his fans, too.
Also, you’ve got to love the Belkar Dr. Evil reference when they hit One MILLION Dollars!
The webcomic is a must for any fan of roleplaying, especially D&D payers: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0001.html

]]> By: NotThePostYouAreLookingFor http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/kickstarter-success-for-drm-fr.html#comment-1355762 NotThePostYouAreLookingFor Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146049#comment-1355762 Another example of Kickstarter success for a small comic, raising over $1.25 Million from an ask of $57,750 to reprint some dead tree versions of The Order of the Stick comic: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/599092525/the-order-of-the-stick-reprint-drive Another example of Kickstarter success for a small comic, raising over $1.25 Million from an ask of $57,750 to reprint some dead tree versions of The Order of the Stick comic: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/599092525/the-order-of-the-stick-reprint-drive

]]> By: CC-BY http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/kickstarter-success-for-drm-fr.html#comment-1355729 CC-BY Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146049#comment-1355729 Copyright will keep on it's draconian march, you won't stop it. You don't have enough cash to buy your representatives. Thus I argue one should participate in creative acts that avoid the harshness of copyright by opening itself up to the commons. Diesel Sweeties is a prime example of this. Good for them! But the other kickstarters listed on this page tend to be far more regressive. They ask for funds from the commons but they do not enrich the commons. We should be paying them to do work for US, the commons. Not so they can just keep the spoils and hoard it for themselves. No we must protect ourselves from the giant copyright lobbies, simply by participating in open-copyright solutions (Creative Commons/Opensource). The first solution is to stop frittering money away on closed/proprietary kickstarters. Let's be realistic about power, corruption and copyright. Lets skip it and build a new respectful world where creative-types explicitly share and we monetarily compensate them for that! Copyright will keep on it’s draconian march, you won’t stop it. You don’t have enough cash to buy your representatives.

Thus I argue one should participate in creative acts that avoid the harshness of copyright by opening itself up to the commons. Diesel Sweeties is a prime example of this. Good for them! But the other kickstarters listed on this page tend to be far more regressive. They ask for funds from the commons but they do not enrich the commons.

We should be paying them to do work for US, the commons. Not so they can just keep the spoils and hoard it for themselves. No we must protect ourselves from the giant copyright lobbies, simply by participating in open-copyright solutions (Creative Commons/Opensource). The first solution is to stop frittering money away on closed/proprietary kickstarters.

Let’s be realistic about power, corruption and copyright. Lets skip it and build a new respectful world where creative-types explicitly share and we monetarily compensate them for that!

]]> By: zachstronaut http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/kickstarter-success-for-drm-fr.html#comment-1355715 zachstronaut Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146049#comment-1355715 That's so fuckin awesome. Go internets! That’s so fuckin awesome. Go internets!

]]> By: Andrew Singleton http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/kickstarter-success-for-drm-fr.html#comment-1355694 Andrew Singleton Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146049#comment-1355694 It's almost like you can get what you want by showing some respect and treating people as you'd like to be treated. Whoddathunkit? It’s almost like you can get what you want by showing some respect and treating people as you’d like to be treated. Whoddathunkit?

]]> By: Damien http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/kickstarter-success-for-drm-fr.html#comment-1355681 Damien Tue, 28 Feb 2012 04:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146049#comment-1355681 Funny what can happen when creators and content-providers treat their fans/customers nicely, instead of damning them to DRM-hell and treating them as criminals. Funny what can happen when creators and content-providers treat their fans/customers nicely, instead of damning them to DRM-hell and treating them as criminals.

]]> By: Ben Bradley http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/kickstarter-success-for-drm-fr.html#comment-1355676 Ben Bradley Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146049#comment-1355676 There's a pretty neat example of this phenomenon on the video game front too! http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/02/27/interview-tim-schafer-on-kickstarter-passion-and-dads/  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/66710809/double-fine-adventure There’s a pretty neat example of this phenomenon on the video game front too!

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/02/27/interview-tim-schafer-on-kickstarter-passion-and-dads/ 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/66710809/double-fine-adventure

]]> By: oldtaku http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/kickstarter-success-for-drm-fr.html#comment-1355666 oldtaku Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146049#comment-1355666 I kicked in $100 for Matter. A worthwhile experiment at least. I kicked in $100 for Matter. A worthwhile experiment at least.

]]> By: dmcinnes http://boingboing.net/2012/02/27/kickstarter-success-for-drm-fr.html#comment-1355664 dmcinnes Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=146049#comment-1355664 ZeFrank just setup his own kickstarter to bring back TheShow! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zefrank/a-show-with-ze-frank He already has almost $40K from less than a a few hours ZeFrank just setup his own kickstarter to bring back TheShow!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zefrank/a-show-with-ze-frank
He already has almost $40K from less than a a few hours

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