Editing ArtistShare

{{Short description|Crowdfunding website}}
{{Infobox website
| name             = ArtistShare
| logo             = [[File:artistShare logo.svg|frameless]]
| screenshot       =
| caption          = ArtistShare Website
| url              = [http://www.artistshare.com/ ArtistShare.com]
| commercial       = Yes
| type             = [[Music]] / [[Record Label]] /[[Crowdfunding]] 
| registration     = Required for participation in artist projects
| owner            = ArtistShare, inc
| author           = Brian Camelio
| current_status   = online
| revenue          =
}}

'''ArtistShare''' is the internet's first commercial [[crowdfunding]] website.<ref name="Oxford University Press">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C1wFCwAAQBAJ&q=ArtistShare&pg=PA609 |title=The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality |isbn=9780199321285 |last1=Whiteley |first1=Sheila |last2=Rambarran |first2=Shara |year=2016 |publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref><ref name="Hypebot">{{cite web |url=http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2017/01/ariel-hyatt-on-pr-and-crowdfunding.html |title=Ariel Hyatt On Music PR And Crowdfunding |website=hypebot.com|date=4 January 2017 }}</ref><ref name="UKTelegraph">{{cite news |title=Kickstarter entrepreneurs doing big business in the UK  |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/technology-companies/9839540/Kickstarter-entrepreneurs-doing-big-business-in-the-UK.html |access-date=January 5, 2015 |work=The Telegraph}}</ref><ref name="Guitar World">Crowd-Funding 101: What Every Musician Needs for a Successful Campaign  {{cite web |url=http://ww.w.guitarworld.com/crowd-funding-101-what-every-musician-needs-successful-campaign |title=Crowd-Funding 101: What Every Musician Needs for a Successful Campaign &#124; Guitar World |access-date=2015-02-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207083305/http://ww.w.guitarworld.com/crowd-funding-101-what-every-musician-needs-successful-campaign |archive-date=2015-02-07 |website=guitarworld.com}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes">{{cite news |website=[[The New York Times]] |title=Blue Note to Partner With ArtistShare   |date=8 May 2013 |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/blue-note-to-partner-with-artistshare/?_r=0 |access-date=February 7, 2015}}</ref><ref name="Google Books">{{cite book|title=Crowdfund it! |isbn = 9780992482565|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D05eBAAAQBAJ&q=artistshare+first+crowdfunding+site&pg=PT44 |access-date=February 7, 2015|last1 = Maguire|first1 = Anna|date = 30 August 2014| publisher=Editia }}</ref>  It also operates as a [[record label]] and [[business model]] for artists<ref name="la times">{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-feb-10-ca-schneider10-story.html |title=Making fans a part of the inner circle |author=Don Heckman |date=February 10, 2008 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=October 7, 2011}}</ref><ref Name="Wharton">{{cite web |url=http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2647 |title=Can You Spare a Quarter? Crowdfunding Sites Turn Fans into Patrons of the Arts |date=December 8, 2010 |publisher=Wharton Innovation and Entrepreneurship |access-date=12 October 2011}}</ref> which enables them to fund their projects by allowing the general public to directly finance, watch the creative process, and in most cases gain access to extra material from an artist.<ref>[http://journal.davidbyrne.com/2008/02/02122008-addend.html 02.12.2008: Addendum to recent Wired Article (Part II) Model Number 7: Fan Supported Label/Distribution] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028205515/http://journal.davidbyrne.com/2008/02/02122008-addend.html |date=2011-10-28 }}, David Byrne's Journal, February 12, 2008. Consulted on October 7, 2011.</ref>  According to [[Bloomberg News]], the company's chief executive officer, record producer [[Brian Camelio]], founded ArtistShare in 2000 with the idea that fans would finance production costs for albums sold only on the Internet and Artists also would enjoy much more favourable contract terms.<ref name="LiveMint.com">{{cite web |first=Patrick |last=Cole |url=http://www.livemint.com/2008/02/07233946/ArtistShare-taps-Web-fans-to.html  |title=ArtistShare taps Web, fans to earn its musicians money, Grammys |website=livemint.com |date=February 7, 2008 |access-date=October 8, 2011}}</ref> ArtistShare was described in 2005 as a "completely new business model for creative artists" which "benefits both the artist and the fans by financing new and original artistic projects while building a strong and loyal fan base".<ref name="The Future of the Music Business">{{cite book |title=The Future of the Music Business: How to Succeed with the New Digital Technologies : a Guide for Artists and Entrepreneurs |last=Gordon |first=Steve |year=2005 |publisher=backbeat books |isbn=978-0-87930-844-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/futureofmusicbus00gord/page/234 234] |url=https://archive.org/details/futureofmusicbus00gord |url-access=registration |quote=brian camelio. |access-date=April 9, 2012}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Camelio Nelson Lundvall.jpg|thumb|right|250px|ArtistShare founder [[Brian Camelio]], singer [[Willie Nelson]], and Blue Note Records President [[Bruce Lundvall]] on Willie Nelson's tour bus]]
A United States–based company, ArtistShare (2001) is documented as being the first crowdfunding website <ref name="UKTelegraph"/> followed later by sites such as [[Sellaband]] (2006), SliceThePie (2007), [[IndieGoGo]] (2008), [[Spot.us]] (2008), [[Pledge Music]] (2009), and [[Kickstarter]] (2009).<ref name="Wharton"/>

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

In 2005, American composer [[Maria Schneider (musician)|Maria Schneider's]] ''Concert in the Garden''  became the first album in [[Grammy]] history to win an award without being available in retail stores.<ref name="la times"/> 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''.<ref name="mariaschneider.com">{{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 }}</ref><ref name="Grammy2011">{{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}}</ref> 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".<ref name="artistshare.com"/>

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'"<ref name="BlueNote">Blue Note Records [http://www.bluenote.com/news/blue-note-records-to-partner-with-artistshare] Retrieved October 24, 2013</ref> The collaboration will "'essentially serve as a low-risk development arm of the label'" since the recordings will be funded by the fans.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

== Grammy Awards==
* [[Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album|Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album]]: ''[[Concert in the Garden]]'' by [[Maria Schneider (musician)|Maria Schneider]] (2005);<ref name="mariaschneider.com"/><ref name="Grammy2011" /> ''[[The Thompson Fields]]'' by Maria Schneider (2015)
* [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition|Best Instrumental Composition]]: "Into the Light" by [[Billy Childs]] (2006);<ref name="Grammy.com">Billy Childs at Grammy.com [http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=Billy+Childs&title=&year=All&genre=All] Retrieved October 8, 2011</ref><ref name="BillyChilds1">Billy 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}}</ref> "Cerulean Skies" by Maria Schneider (2008);<ref name="Grammy.com"/><ref>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</ref> "The Path Among the Trees" by Billy Childs (2011);<ref name="Grammy2011" /><ref name="BillyChilds2">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</ref> "How About You" from the ''Gil Evans Project:Centennial'' (2013)<ref name="artistshare.com" />
* [[Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album|Best Latin Jazz Album]]: ''[[Simpático (The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project album)|Simpático]]'' by [[Brian Lynch (musician)|Brian Lynch]] and [[Eddie Palmieri]] (2007)<ref name="Lynch2011">Brian Lynch at Grammy.com [http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=brian+lynch&title=&year=All&genre=All] Retrieved October 8, 2011</ref><ref name="BrianLynchJazz.com">Brian Lynch Discography [http://brianlynchjazz.com/discography/leader/] Retrieved October 8, 2011</ref>
* [[Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition|Best Contemporary Classical Composition]]:  ''[[Winter Morning Walks]]'', by Maria Schneider (2014)
* [[Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Solo|Best Classical Vocal Solo]]: [[Dawn Upshaw]], ''[[Winter Morning Walks]]''
* [[Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical|Best Engineered Album, Classical]]: ''[[Winter Morning Walks]]''<ref name="artistshare.com" />

==Patent dispute==
On September 30, 2011, [[Kickstarter]] filed a [[declaratory judgment]] suit against ArtistShare<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="Hollywood Reporter 2014">{{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}}</ref> and Fan Funded which owns U.S. patent {{Cite patent|country=US|number=7885887}}, "Methods and apparatuses for financing and marketing a creative work".<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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=[[NU.nl|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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

In June 2015, US District Judge Katherine Failla ruled in favor of KickStarter against ArtistShare.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Comparison of crowd funding services]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.artistshare.com}}

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