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Category Archives: Crowd Fund Act of 2012
Crowdfunding For Buggy Whips
Will the crowd support any idea? Like buggy whips, video stores have been relegated to the dustbin of history, and yet, one in Florida is crowdfunding so you can still have access to “Song of the South, Krampus, Life of … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, checkbook, Congress, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Film, Funding Portals, Investments, Jobs, Legislative Intent, SEC, Small Business, technology
Tagged Amazon, bad movies, classic movies, crowd fund, crowdfunding, donation, donor, DVD, films, generous, goal, GoFundMe, Hulu, money, Netflix, old movies, screening, subscription, TCM, VHS, video, video on demand, video store, VOD, wisdom of the crowd
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Crowdfunding To Release US Student From Chinese Jail
Montanans (Montanians?) are crowdfunding today to raise $8,000 in order to free a University student from a Chinese jail. Guthrie McLean was arrested Sunday in Zhengzhou, a small town about 500 miles southwest of Beijing. “He’s accused of attacking and … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, checkbook, Congress, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Jobs, Legislative Intent
Tagged arrest, charity, China, Chinese jail, contribution, crowd fund, crowdfunding, donation, donor, extortion, jail, Montana, police, ransom, shakedown, student, University of Montana, YouCaring
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Celebrities Help In Crowdfunding
So, here’s a feel good crowdfunding story. A quadriplegic young lady who is a huge fan of rapper Kendrick Lamar, and has attended every one of his local concerts, started a GoFundMe campaign so she could afford to buy an … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, Charity, checkbook, Congress, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Film, Funding Portals, Investments, Jobs, Legislative Intent
Tagged Alyssa Milano, campaign, celebrity, charity, concert, crowdfund, crowdfunding, democracy, donation, donor, fans, GoFundMe, Instagram, Kendrick Lamar, MTV, rapper, Twitter, van, wheelchair
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Right Wingers Crowdfund To Stop African Migration To Europe
Right wing “patriots” have been crowdfunding to stop the influx of migrants from the African continent. Known in Europe as the “Identitarian Movement” it claims that “Migrants are destroying Europe’s social fabric.” And so they are raising citizen money to … Continue reading
Posted in balance, Charity, checkbook, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, discrepancies, Jobs
Tagged Africa, crowdfunding, Defend Europe, EU, Europe, European Union, human trafficking, Identitarian Movement, illegal immigration, Italy, Libya, Mediterrean, migrant crisis, migration, neo-Nazi, NGO, refugees, Syria, war
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Medical Crowdfunding Scams Proliferate
Some folks think that the medical crowdfunding scam (i.e., fraud) is a result of a psychological problem called “factitious disorder,” which at its extreme is illustrated by Munchausen by proxy (where a caregiver purposely causes another, usually a child, to … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, balance, Charity, checkbook, Congress, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, discrepancies, fraud, Funding Portals, Legislative Intent
Tagged ACA, by proxy, campaign, cancer, caregiver, charity, crowd fund, crowdfunding, donation, donor, factitious disorder, faking, fraud, fundraiser, GoFundMe, illness, internet, medical bills, medical expenses, Munchausen, Obamacare, sick, Trumpcare, verification, YouCaring
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Crowdfunding Comes With Tax Issues
Bad news, crowdfunders. Tax professionals are saying that the Internal Revenue Service (and probably your friendly State tax collector) believe that all moneys you receive from crowdfunding is taxable income. Guess what? That DVD reward, it’s considered a “sale” and … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, balance, Charity, checkbook, Congress, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Film, Funding Portals, Investments, Jobs, Legislative Intent, SEC, Small Business, technology, VC, Venture Capital, Wall Street
Tagged accountant, business, business expense, Crowd Fund Act, crowdfund, crowdfunding, DVD, equity, film, gift tax, income, income tax, internal revenue service, IRS, reward, sale, sales tax, tax
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Sudanese Journalist Released From Jail By Crowdfunding
What’s really cool about crowdfunding is how it’s taken off in all directions – not only all over the world but for all sorts of things. Further that, a Sudanese journalist who was jailed because she refused to cooperate with … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, fine, Funding Portals, Investments, Jobs, Legislative Intent
Tagged Africa, campaign, court, crowd fund, crowdfunding, donation, false witness, fine, First Amendment, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, human rights, jail, journalist, political prisoner, press suppression, Reporters Without Borders, security agent, Sudan, trial, World Press Freedom Index
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