Re:State court orders Kickstarted game creator to pay $54k f...
by wpietri on Friday September 11, 2015 @08:45PM
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Perhaps you could tell us how it isn't?
All sorts of things have substantial fines as punishment. In many states, your traffic ticket will double in a construction zone. Is that because ticketing is more expensive there? No, it's because they really don't want you to do it.
People are saying it's a scam; if that's true, then I don't see anything wrong with strong punitive fines for scammers. It's a great deterrent. Especially when, as here, combined with high publicity. People have often asked, "What stops someone from just doing a Kickstarter and taking all the money?" This right here is meant as an answer to that question.
All sorts of things have substantial fines as punishment. In many states, your traffic ticket will double in a construction zone. Is that because ticketing is more expensive there? No, it's because they really don't want you to do it.
People are saying it's a scam; if that's true, then I don't see anything wrong with strong punitive fines for scammers. It's a great deterrent. Especially when, as here, combined with high publicity. People have often asked, "What stops someone from just doing a Kickstarter and taking all the money?" This right here is meant as an answer to that question.