Ayn Rand Would Have Loved Kickstarter
From the article: "In such a world, crowdfunding represents a new, high-tech way of going Galt. It allows creators and funders to escape conventional financial, ideological and aesthetic gatekeepers who have long suppressed heterodoxy in media, business, the arts and more. Arguably more important, it allows for the creation of a virtual community of like-minded folks who may live thousands of miles from each other."
READ THE ARTICLE: http://ideas.time.com/2013/09/27/ayn-ran...
READ THE ARTICLE: http://ideas.time.com/2013/09/27/ayn-ran...
I haven't done a survey, but my impression is makers respect IP at least as much as the general population b/c they are rigid about following the rules of giving credit for open-source hardware/software; my perception is they're also reasonably rigid about respecting IP.