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Re:Kickstarter is now accepting Canadian projects by lgeek on Tuesday August 27, 2013 @03:10AM (#6281941)
> Kickstarter's FAQ clearly states that you need to be a US, UK (or now Canadian) citizen

I thought the citizen part sounded strange so I did a quick check. According to [0] you only need to be a permanent resident.

[0] http://www.kickstarter.com/help/guidelines

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Re:Kickstarter is now accepting Canadian projects by Ecio78 on Tuesday August 27, 2013 @04:16AM (#6282149)
Sorry for my poor/wrong usage of the word "citizen", I meant resident with SSN, US address, bank account, ID card, US credit/debit card etc.. as stated in the FAQ [1]. So definitely you shouldn't be able to launch a project by residing in another country and just "faking" a US address using something like those shipping forwarding services used to buy stuff in the USA

[1] http://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/creator+questions

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