The salvage artists can keep half the loot, and hope to make more on their investment through television and books.
For the foreseeable future, anyway, artists will keep heading to Portland.
In an interview with bit torrent news site TorrentFreak.com last year, Mr Dotcom said the service would allow artists to keep 90% of earnings from their music.
The legends share the stage with two younger artists who are helping to keep jazz moving forward in the 21st century.
Other artists called on them to keep their political opinions to themselves.
But unlike other funding instruments, such as VCs, artists that raise funds through Kickstarter keep full control of their creations.
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Some artists decide to do their best to keep up with the Joneses.
Throughout its 75 years, The Dandy's artists and writers have always strived to keep the comic's characters and plotlines relevant.
All music lovers themselves, they said they decided to enter the challenge to create a one-stop-shop for fans to keep in touch with the artists on their iPods.
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The geniuses and scam-artists who run the big banks want to keep the honey pots open as long as possible.
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Now, artists stay in the National Theatre just to keep in touch and to chat about the projects they'd like to do.
This customer relationship management problem is a big one for small startups or independent artists, most of whom use spreadsheets to keep track of gifts or products they owe to funders.
Once he had spotted their talent, Mr Castelli created an atmosphere of excitement around his stable of artists and even paid some a generous monthly retainer to keep them painting.
Founded in 1898 and based in upper Manhattan, the academy once was designed to keep the likes of Dylan away, shunning everyone from jazz artists to modernist poets.
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