The $40,000 T-Shirt: Oculus Rift and Ownership in Crowdfunding
 

The $40,000 T-Shirt: Oculus Rift and Ownership in Crowdfunding
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Kickstarter backers experienced a rude awakening when Oculus Rift was acquired by Facebook.

Monetary pledges, developer time and emotional investments in the virtual reality startup offer ** legal recourse and ** payoff for a company that is acquired for $2 billion. Only people with equity stakes — private stock — in the company enjoy the windfall.

See also: What Is Oculus Rift — and Why Should You Care?


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