2) Frequently is a nice general word. I would argue, that it's not nearly enough times to cause an impact on enforcing the law while recording the police has resulted in many outings of abuse of power.
3) If anyone honestly thinks that's a problem, then they shouldn't ever set foot in a court room. Court is all about editing and sculpting the evidence as much as you possibly can to support your case. And again, the benefits of recording the cops hugely outweigh the (theoretical) negatives.
4) It's impossible for a civilian to get a warrant to spy on a police officer. I don't see your point.
I think, even though you said you believe those reasons are silly/wildly insufficient, they are in fact so very silly/wildly insufficient that some people just can't help themselves argue against them :)
Kickstarter has nil to do with investment and a lot to do with generating interest. You definitely need to have a compelling idea/product in the first place but some projects generate a lot of interest through Kickstarter.
In any case, it's better to get the scoop straight from the source: "Kickstarter is a new form of commerce and patronage."
Many of the the Kickstarter projects are projects that could not get funding outside Kickstarter. For example the DoubleFine project had repeatedly tried to get funding from publishers but failed.
Is this really front page because it has 2 buzz words in it? The article is non-substantive and attempts to compare a mobile app framework with a css toolkit.
2) Frequently is a nice general word. I would argue, that it's not nearly enough times to cause an impact on enforcing the law while recording the police has resulted in many outings of abuse of power.
3) If anyone honestly thinks that's a problem, then they shouldn't ever set foot in a court room. Court is all about editing and sculpting the evidence as much as you possibly can to support your case. And again, the benefits of recording the cops hugely outweigh the (theoretical) negatives.
4) It's impossible for a civilian to get a warrant to spy on a police officer. I don't see your point.