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I think it would be perfectly valid to write something along these lines:

"Hi! I just found out about ArtistShare.com. Looks like a great site! Unfortunately, the way I heard about it was that I learned of the patent suit by its founder, or a licensee, against Kickstarter.com. In protest, I will not be participating on ArtistShare. Just thought I would let you know. Have a great day!!!"



That's the sort of thing that only hold weight if you ever intended to use ArtistShare.com.

It's like me threatening to boycott Time Warner, McDonald's or Barney's - I'm not their customer, and I never will be, so what do they care?


I'm only one customer, but I'm clearly in the target market, as I've contributed to three projects on Kickstarter.

You're right, it would have been useful to point this out.




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