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governments around the world are defi ning regulations intended to reduce the capa-
bility of crowdfunding, this fi nancial method seems unstoppable.
Online crowdfunding platforms, similarly as free software, are a great example
of creative technologies. They do not work only as tools but as environments where
it is possible to perform actions that in another space could be more diffi cult, or even
impossible, to achieve. Crowdfunding platforms, in a technological dimension,
allow users to propose projects to be funded. From a social perspective, they are
contributing to generate a kind of template to present creative projects, which can
be useful to develop innovative projects to attract the interest not only of the users
but also of the industry. So, a new industry might be developed. In this way and as
an example of how crowdfunding projects, and indirectly their supporters, are being
introduced in the industry, we point out the Oscar for Best Documentary Short 2013
was won by 'Inocente', a movie funded with $52,527 through Kickstarter, on a goal
of $50,000.
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