ArtistShare

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A United States–based company, ArtistShare (2001) is documented as being the first crowdfunding website followed later by sites such as Sellaband (2006), SliceThePie (2007), IndieGoGo (2008), Spot.us (2008), Pledge Music (2009), and Kickstarter (2009).

ArtistShare projects have received 29 Grammy nominations and 10 Grammy awards to date.{{cite web |title=ArtistShare - About Us |url=http://artistshare.com/v4/About |website=artistshare.com |access-date=March 24, 2012}}

In 2005, American composer Maria Schneider's Concert in the Garden became the first album in Grammy history to win an award without being available in retail stores. The album was ArtistShare's first fan-funded project. Schneider received four nominations that year for the fan-funded album and won the Grammy for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.{{cite web |title=Maria Schneider Discography - Concert in the Garden |url=http://mariaschneider.com/albuminfo.aspx?ID=60 |website=mariaschneider.com |access-date=October 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614041256/http://www.mariaschneider.com/albuminfo.aspx?ID=60 |archive-date=June 14, 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Maria Schneider at Grammy.com |url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=maria+schneider&title=&year=All&genre=All |website=grammy.com |access-date=October 8, 2011}} According to ArtistShare.com, ArtistShare artists consist of "some of today's most prestigious artists including Pulitzer prize and Oscar nominated writers, Guggenheim fellowship recipients and NEA Jazz Masters".

In May 2013, ArtistShare partnered with Blue Note Records to form a collaboration titled 'Blue Note/ArtistShare'. The Blue Note/ArtistShare collaboration was forged by Brian Camelio, Bruce Lundvall, and Don Was, President of Blue Note Records. In Blue Note's press release about the collaboration, Lundvall, Blue Note Chairman Emeritus, is quoted as saying, "'ArtistShare founder Brian Camelio is a true visionary. I see the ArtistShare business model as a key component of the future music business'"Blue Note Records [http://www.bluenote.com/news/blue-note-records-to-partner-with-artistshare] Retrieved October 24, 2013 The collaboration will "'essentially serve as a low-risk development arm of the label'" since the recordings will be funded by the fans.{{cite news |last=Chinen |first=Nate |date=May 8, 2013 |title=Blue Note to Partner With ArtistShare |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/blue-note-to-partner-with-artistshare/ |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=October 26, 2013 }}

• Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Concert in the Garden by Maria Schneider (2005); The Thompson Fields by Maria Schneider (2015)
• Best Instrumental Composition: "Into the Light" by Billy Childs (2006);Billy Childs at Grammy.com [http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=Billy+Childs&title=&year=All&genre=All] Retrieved October 8, 2011Billy Childs Discography {{cite web|url=http://www.billychilds.com/Home/DiscographyDetails/?id%3D245 |title=Discography Details |access-date=2011-10-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919110350/http://www.billychilds.com/Home/DiscographyDetails/?id=245 |archive-date=2011-09-19 | website=BillyChilds.com}} "Cerulean Skies" by Maria Schneider (2008);Maria Schneider Discography - Sky Blue [http://mariaschneider.com/albuminfo.aspx?ID=773] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927105921/http://www.mariaschneider.com/albuminfo.aspx?ID=773|date=2011-09-27}} Retrieved October 8, 2011 "The Path Among the Trees" by Billy Childs (2011);Billy Childs Discography - Autumn: In Moving Pictures {{cite web|url=http://billychilds.com/Home/DiscographyDetails/?id%3D968 |title=Discography Details |access-date=2011-10-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919110402/http://www.billychilds.com/Home/DiscographyDetails/?id=968 |archive-date=2011-09-19 }} Retrieved October 8, 2011 "How About You" from the Gil Evans Project:Centennial (2013)
• Best Latin Jazz Album: Simpático by Brian Lynch and Eddie Palmieri (2007)Brian Lynch at Grammy.com [http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=brian+lynch&title=&year=All&genre=All] Retrieved October 8, 2011Brian Lynch Discography [http://brianlynchjazz.com/discography/leader/] Retrieved October 8, 2011
• Best Contemporary Classical Composition: Winter Morning Walks, by Maria Schneider (2014)
• Best Classical Vocal Solo: Dawn Upshaw, Winter Morning Walks
• Best Engineered Album, Classical: Winter Morning Walks

On September 30, 2011, Kickstarter filed a declaratory judgment suit against ArtistShare{{cite web |first=Sarah |last=Jacobsson Purewal |url=http://www.litigationdaily.com/id=1202588722943/ArtistShare-Cant-Show-Kickstarter-Infringes-CrowdFunding-Patent?slreturn=20150110231000 |title=ArtistShare Can't Show Kickstarter Infringes Crowdfunding Patent |work=Litigation Daily |access-date=February 9, 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/kickstarters-future-put-judges-hands-733701| title= Kickstarter's Future Put in Judge's Hands|last=Gardner |first=Eriq |date=September 17, 2014|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=21 February 2015}} and Fan Funded which owns U.S. patent {{Cite patent|country=US|number=7885887}}, "Methods and apparatuses for financing and marketing a creative work".{{cite web | url= http://www.pcworld.com/article/241160/kickstarter_faces_patent_suit_over_funding_idea.html |title= Kickstarter Faces Patent Suit Over Funding Idea | author=Sarah Jacobsson Purewal |date=October 5, 2011 |website=PCWorld |access-date=October 6, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/kickstarter-patent-fan-funded-artistshare-243632 |title = KickStarter Seeks To Protect Fan-Funding Model From Patent Threat |author=Eriq Gardner |date=October 4, 2011 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=October 15, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.nuzakelijk.nl/innovatie/2633248/crowdfunding-sites-verwikkeld-in-patentstrijd.html |title=Crowdfunding-sites verwikkeld in patentstrijd |trans-title=Crowdfunding sites involved in patent battle |language=nl |date=October 5, 2011 |publisher=NUzakelijk |quote=Het gaat om de website Kickstarter die een patent van website ArtistShare ongeldig wil verklaren. Kickstarter ontving verschillende verzoeken van ArtistShare-oprichter Brian Camelio om een licentie op zijn patent te nemen." English translation: "The website Kickstarter wants that a patent from the ArtistShare website be declared invalid. Kickstarter received several requests from ArtistShare-founder Brian Camelio to take a license on his patent |access-date=October 22, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.betabeat.com/2012/05/14/kickstarter-artistshare-fan-funded-patent-lawsuit/ |title=Kickstarter Wins Small Victory in Patent Lawsuit With 2000-Era Crowdfunding Site |last1=Jeffries |first1=Adrianne |date=14 May 2012 |work=BetaBeat |publisher=The New York Observer |access-date=17 May 2012}}

In June 2015, US District Judge Katherine Failla ruled in favor of KickStarter against ArtistShare.{{cite web |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/06/you-are-free-to-crowdfund-kickstarter-wins-its-first-patent-case/ |title=Kickstarter wins its first patent case |website=arstechnica.com |year=2015}}

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