So that's where all your questions came from......you were acting like a potential investor as well.
I asked my attorney to evaluate the legal standing of Karmashares LLC and he advised that it would not likely pass an SEC review. From all outward appearances that it was a solicitation of an unregistered security and certainly from a largely unsophisticated investor based on what we read here.
So I invested in GIVE instead which has the same type of goal, but is way more transparent.
Better to help support the KARMA community at an arms length and in a legitimate Non Profit IMHO
You have to ask "for who's benefit" are you involved in KARMA, and then determine how much of a hypocrite you might be...
-dvd
We've already been over what a security is, more times that I can count.
Do you know the definition of what a security is, and how that applied here?
Yes I do, as does my law firm who is also crypto-savvy.
Here is what they said:
"Several of the earliest cases involved the wireless cable scams perpetrated
in the 1990s. These
programs raised funds from hundreds of unsophisticated retirees – scattered
over many states – through the sale of interests in member-managed LLCs.
Despite the fact that these LLCs were member-managed, all courts held these
interests to be securities. See: SEC v. Shreveport Wireless, 1998 WL
892948,1998 US Dist LEXIS 23086, [1998 Transfer Binder] FED SEC L RPTR
(CCH) ¶ 90,322 (D DC 1998) (sales to 2000 geographically diverse investors);
Nutek Information Systems v. Arizona Corporation Commission, 977 P2d 826
(Ariz App 1998) (sales to 920 investors)"
It also worries me that they claim "Please note that Karmashares membership
is only offered privately, not publicly." EVEN THOUGH THEY DESCRIBE HOW TO
GET KARMASHARES RIGHT THERE ON THE PUBLIC WEBSITE, including a link "Send
karmacoins here to get karma shares."
And, in the same paragraph we see, "100% of profits will be distributed to
members on a quarterly basis according to each member's percentage owned of
Karmashares LLC." right next to "Further, exchanging your coins for
membership should not be considered an "investment""
The SEC isn't stupid. If it walks like a security and quacks like a
security, they'll treat it as a security.
I wouldn't touch this with a ten block pole."