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Re:Supreme Court rules Georgia state law annotations not cop... by Thorrez on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @02:38AM (#23004134)
Crowdsourcing still relies on copyright usually, and does in the cases you mention. It's simply preording a game or a book. Without copyright there would be no need to preorder the game or book, you could simply wait until it is out and make a free copy of it.

Both Obduction and Firmament are for sale. They aren't free games.

Re:Supreme Court rules Georgia state law annotations not cop... by zozbot234 on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @07:51AM (#23006085)
There are plenty of freely-available works that are crowdfunded though. It's true however that the costs of making a game like Obduction and Firmament dwarf even those crowdfunding revenues. The same applies to high-budget feature films. A 100% crowdfunding approach strongly selects for lower production costs, which also means improved efficiency and a larger variety of works overall.