If you don't like the risks of gambling as an investor and aren't prepared to take the risk, don't do it. After the fact and after signing up and agreeing to all the T&C's is a bit late to cry theft.
I am sorry, it was a mistake of formulation, since I am no native speaker. Of course it isn`t theft, that would mean that someone has to take something from me against my will. In this case someone made a promise to deliver a good if a certain financial goal is reached. It is also seen to be a successful funding, if the financial goal has been reached, so we are not talking about a "failed fundraise project", to clarify that.
In this case, someone taking somone elses money due to a delivery promise and not delivering afterwards is called fraud, if I remember it correctly. I do not need a lawyer to know that and I am aware of the risk of loosing the money
if the funding goal is not reached. To my understanding that is how Indiegogo and Kickstarter define the risk of financing a project on their platforms. Correct me if I am wrong.
So, now that it is clear, that it was a successful project, and the company has not kept it`s delivery promise, it seems like a logical step to take it to a court?
As I have stated:
Don`t get this wrong, it is just curiousity if involving an advocate would actually work.
Pure curiousity. I have
lost nothing in this fundraiser, since I generally do not invest in projects like this. If someone takes my question personal, please don`t feel offended, since I`m looking at this simply out of interest and want to stay objective on this.
Speaking of - does fraud not usually end up with some time in jail? I am no lawyer, so I do not know how that kind of stuff is handled, especially on an international basis and again, it is curiousity, no offense.