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Re: ZX Spectrum devs claim missing royalties from Elite Systems

#11
post #7

Now they got backed, I don't see the reason why would they not make the keyboard. But if their business partners are getting paid is another story.

The fundraising period hasn't ended yet, at the time of writing this there's 12 hours to go, and judging by the Kickstarter comments people who have already backed the project are starting to reduce/remove their backing. I wonder if this is the first time there's a chance a project that reaches its target on Kickstarter ends up under the target by the end?

A kickstarter project cannot go under funding goal in the last 24 hours if it has already reached its goal. You can back out if you contribution doesn't bring the project below goal. Part of the anti-trolling rules.

Re: ZX Spectrum devs claim missing royalties from Elite Systems

#12
post #5

Why don't they simply sue him?

According to one of the forum posts linked elsewhere in this thread [1] his company's accounts are in the red, so even if someone were to sue and win, they aren't going to see any money.

[1] http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=750206&...

Re: ZX Spectrum devs claim missing royalties from Elite Systems

#14
post #3

This came about because of this thread: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=46365

Seems to be down at the moment, does anyone know of a cached version? Haven't managed to find one myself.

Still up, just slow.

Re: ZX Spectrum devs claim missing royalties from Elite Systems

#15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fundraising period hasn't ended yet, at the time of writing this there's 12 hours to go, and judging by the Kickstarter comments people who have already backed the project are starting to reduce/remove their backing. I wonder if this is the first time there's a chance a project that reaches its target on Kickstarter ends up under the target by the end?

A kickstarter project cannot go under funding goal in the last 24 hours if it has already reached its goal. You can back out if you contribution doesn't bring the project below goal. Part of the anti-trolling rules.

That's interesting, did not know that. However, from what I've read it seems you are entitled to a refund on your backing at any time, so even if technically the funding goal is reached the real funds may be a different amount.

Re: ZX Spectrum devs claim missing royalties from Elite Systems

#16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The fundraising period hasn't ended yet, at the time of writing this there's 12 hours to go, and judging by the Kickstarter comments people who have already backed the project are starting to reduce/remove their backing. I wonder if this is the first time there's a chance a project that reaches its target on Kickstarter ends up under the target by the end?

A kickstarter project cannot go under funding goal in the last 24 hours if it has already reached its goal. You can back out if you contribution doesn't bring the project below goal. Part of the anti-trolling rules.

People aren't backing out, they are reducing their pledge. Do same anti-trolling measures deal with that?

Re: ZX Spectrum devs claim missing royalties from Elite Systems

#17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems to be down at the moment, does anyone know of a cached version? Haven't managed to find one myself.

Still up, just slow.

It's been stuck 'Connecting...' for quite a while. I suppose I should've expected such a response from a community used to 16 minute loading times (my first computer was a ZX Spectrum). ;-)

Re: ZX Spectrum devs claim missing royalties from Elite Systems

#18
post #4

Here I think is the specific comment hilighting the issue: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/952953995/bluetooth-zx-... Apparently, they vandalized wikipedia to put an ad for their app. Unbelievable. edit: This is the first comment talking about the issue apparently: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/1066578103

Another post from a dev who got scammed by this company: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/952953995/bluetooth-zx-...

Re: ZX Spectrum devs claim missing royalties from Elite Systems

#19
post #3

This came about because of this thread: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=46365

Seems to be down at the moment, does anyone know of a cached version? Haven't managed to find one myself.

Here's the whole thread (it's paginated differently than the original link):

Page 1: https://archive.is/b0H9K

Page 2: https://archive.is/Np2K5

Page 3: https://archive.is/oPnmq

Re: ZX Spectrum devs claim missing royalties from Elite Systems

#20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still up, just slow.

It's been stuck 'Connecting...' for quite a while. I suppose I should've expected such a response from a community used to 16 minute loading times (my first computer was a ZX Spectrum). ;-)

Does your browser have a flashing border at the moment? :)
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