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title: "Stone Hilton Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Major Crowdfunding Companies"
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Published: December 9, 2024

Categories: Significant Filings

AUSTIN – Stone Hilton filed a lawsuit today on behalf of Coast Runner, Inc. an innovative engineering company, against Kickstarter PBC, Indiegogo, Inc., and Launchboom, Inc., alleging an illegal conspiracy to sabotage crowdfunding campaigns for Coast Runner’s groundbreaking product, the CR-1, because they disagree the political views of Coast Runner’s founders. These companies caved to outside pressure from anti-gun advocates—and violated antitrust law—because Coast Runner’s founders are staunch supporters of Second Amendment rights.

The CR-1 is a desktop CNC machine capable of precise metal fabrication, offering a transformative solution for industrial applications and hobbyists alike. The CR-1 can mill metals as hard as titanium to within one thousandth of an inch of precision, and it is a revolutionary alternative to expensive and time-consuming custom fabrication by traditional machinists. The CR-1 has been recognized by the U.S. government has an all-purpose industrial tool with broad application across many industries.

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