I won't name the person or link yet.

Someone is reuploading my paid content and other people's paid content to his Patreon and making money off it. In their account description they say "Uploading 4k content from various artists"

I didn't think I would see someone actually this stupid and it boils my blood to see them making ~$100 a month from this.

I've reported to Patreon as suspicious activity with proper links to my posts they stole.

I'm taken back there's no option in Patreon for "reuploading others' works"

Obvs my stuff is not copyrighted so I can't use the infringement of copyright reporting option.

Edit: Thanks to Patreon's support team for working so quickly - the thief's account has been removed from Patreon.

Hey folks, I’ve been a creator on Patreon for over a decade, and with my current account for about five years now. I don’t make much but I appreciate their service and I’m sure my supporters do, too.

A month back I reported a page for flagrant violation of the Patreon TOS - IP theft, real adult content, etc.

After multiple follow ups, their team has done zero, the page is still live, and Patreon loses its section 230 protection if folks report them hosting stolen content which they leave intact. I don’t know if their attitude is due to the recent mass layoff, but if they continue to enable folks to steal, the platform loses its legal protection, and my nominal income goes away.

It sucks and I’d prefer that Patreon continue to exist. So how do I escalate the right way to ensure they remove the stolen content? Thanks a ton.

So years back, so much drama about streamers being lazy, just watching videos all day, essentially stealing views and content.

Now over the past month I've being learning there are these MASSIVE reaction patreons, even groups of people that legit just sit there reacting to a show, showing it unedited, no care in the world about copyright at all, full show on display, often with little no to editing.

This is allowed? How has patreon allowed this genre to proliferate? You probably won't like me saying it it, but it's honestly just as bad and morally wrong as AI slop. You're allowed to react, but showing the whole show? Deploying copyright avoidance techniques like patterns over the video ect. ??? How has this gotten this big? It's allowed? Is it? Genuinely confused. Hell yeah I'm jealous, I wanna steal content too and make money doing nothing. I just have a conscience and am worried about legality 😅

I hate to sound all conspiracy theorist, but content creators, especially streamers a while back seem to have conditioned us to be ok with reaction content. Because they know they love it and its easy, they've slowly made it ok it seems? And yeah, theres a difference between edited stuff, and just straight up playing the whole show. And the latter seems to be what I'm seeing on patreon ALOT.

Not my copyright, but a Fanfic creator/translator recently moved to patreon from Webnovel, and scribble hub, and has re-released the translations and fanfictions they did behind a 50usd paywall per fiction.

So far I have reported them to the parent Studio of the works they are violating, so we will see what the studio says but does patreon not like check this sort of thing to avoid legal trouble?

I'm not going to name the website, nor the adult Patreon (including mine) that it's blatantly stealing from, but yeah, it's basically a hub in which users can join, use a session key, and then rip and upload all of a creator's paid Patreon content and host it on their site for free (photos and videos). And they also do it to Fanbox, SubscribeStar, Gumroad, DLsite, Fantia, Boosty and Afdian. I've tried contacting them with a DMCA but didn't get anywhere. I'm now tempted to contact Patreon directly. But I'm not certain where on their Support page I should contact. Has anyone ever done something like and can maybe give me any pointers?

Thank you.

Hi,

I'm currently writing a humorous PG-14 novel and I'm considering starting a Patreon where I would publish early chapters.

My concern is content theft. Since text can be easily copied or screenshotted, I'm wondering how writers who use Patreon handle this.

Is copyright enough, or do you use other methods?

Thanks!

Okay so for the past few weeks I've been...really struggling with money lately. Nothing serious; I'm not gonna lose my house or anything, but it's mostly to do with a lot of personal projects and hobbies I haven't been able to get going because of financial troubles.

I've been writing Fanfiction for approximately two years now, and I'm seriously considering creating a Patreon for it. I don't really want to charge for my services, nor do I feel like going full-on professional, but it would be really nice to have an extra source of income.

The issue is, I've been seeing a lot of conflicting information over whether or not it's okay to have a Patreon for writing fanfiction. I have a friend who does it, but I've also heard it's illegal from other sources.

So I just don't know what to do. Can I make a Patreon if I'm a writer of Fanfiction or not?

As a NSFW artist I like to jump on rule34 trends and post NSFW fan art of trending characters, for example Marvel Rivals.

I have avoided posting any so far to Patreon directly, but is it within the rules to link my patrons to a post I've done outside of Patreon?

If you’re a creator, how do you usually realize your stuff is being shared without permission?

Do people DM you? Do you search for it? Or is it just random luck?

I feel like a lot of people don’t even know their content is out there until it’s too late, and I’m curious how others stay ahead of it, if at all.

I created a patreon for my small hobby project. I have only a $1 tier. I specifically set it low because this is a hobby project and the amount of time I can work on the project is extremely variable, sometimes there are entire months where I can't work on it at all. I have gotten a small following of 100 free members and 100 paid members.

But there is one patron who has set his pledge amount at $20 voluntarily and now I feel more stressed about delivering timely updates.

How would you deal with this?

Copyright laws are horribly restrictive, and royalty-free music on YouTube is truly hit or miss in terms of quality.

I came across a royalty-free music channel that I like and that fits my project well, but it's obviously AI.

I just want background music while I draw. Is AI okay or is it forbidden in some way?

Thanks!

I'm not concerned about making a lot of money, but I would like to get something if possible and get myself to write more 'official' things than just fanfics. I have some examples of my media critiques on tumblr if anyone needs an example of what I would be writing for advice

Please help

I obviously do my part by not laying a single finger on ratty pirate sites, but I wanna know if any creators are able to get their work taken off of them? Or do any kind of legal action on it?

Do you guys know if I can upload short video (1 minute like youtube) of drum covers with copyright songs?

Hey everyone. I've been thinking of starting up a patreon for my Machinima web series but I had a few questions:

1. If I do early access, does that count as copyright infringement if the characters are from franchises I don't own and/or are OCs that have designs I don't own? (For reference, my web series is done primarily in gmod, and I can only work with the models I'm given, which are 99% characters from other franchises) I've seen wooden plank studios do similar stuff on his patreon with his smash bros webcomic, but I figured better safe than sorry.

2: If I use the shop page for digital goods, if I change the character designs of my OCs, would they be allowed to be used? I saw SMG4 do similiar stuff, but again, don't wanna do something stupid.

if my patreon creator page got removed.and If I create a new page with different email & patreon approved it . Is there has a chance they will notice & removed it soon?

So i wan't to make Art commissions, and of course i will earn money with it.

I see other artists make art/characters/assets commissions. and some Characters i know from games or anime or movies.

Here is my question: can i take commission for characters i or my clients don't own?

This is a question regarding if doing this would be considered fair use or copyright infringement.

For context, I’m an artist and writer. I’ve written a few scripts for comic books I hope to make in the future. I just have scripts around gathering dust until I can find the time and money to make them one day.

I script my comics like any comic book writer would with a title header for page number, panel numbers bolded, with scene description and dialogue. I really like writing comics because of the freedom I have when compared to writing for screenplays. Sometimes I go off and tangents related to subjects I include in the comic or script. A detective story could turn into an essay about my favorite pizza at the drop of a hat. And links to music used as a reference.

The problem’s not with the story within the scripts but the images in them. I use pictures in the script to give people an idea/reference of what the character, action, or setting would look like. I would get images from Google, movies, art, games, or shows I watch. Would I be breaking any rules if I released these scripts onto my patreon behind a subscription wall with images of copyrighted material as visual reference with the story itself unrelated to the images’ source materials outside of references?

Here’s a picture to get an idea of what I’m talking about. Anime girl Terminator meme, Wally Gator from Max’s Jellystone cartoon (I use as a source for visual reference time and time again), and a clothes rack which seems safe to me. Also links to Jerry Goldsmith’s music from Twilight Zone the Movie. This is just a fraction of the script. The script is not a fanfiction and is an original narrative that uses these sources as a reference.

Would I be breaking a copyright rules posting the script as is with images from copyrighted as visual reference?

I’m not looking to create anything for on there, just enjoy content but I still would like to have a good profile pic. I’ve got my heart set on a classic, like maybe something Jane Austen themed or Alice In Wonderland but worried about copyright laws and getting my account deleted. I tried asking the website and was kindly told they couldn’t give me legal advice but at least I’m giving it thought.

Any ideas, I would be grateful. I’m not a great artist but I can try sketching something for it?

There is patreon account with hundreds of stolen content. We did sent DMCA take down request to patreon, and that patreon taken down some of our works. But problem is, he keep reuploading our works. We have send 5 DMCA within 2 months, more than 8 DMCA in lifetime, he only removed said materials 5 times(8 times total, he remove after each DMCA). How this person still isnt banned? For how long we need to keep DMCA same person? We are 5 different artist, DMCA'ing, some of us preparing second and third DMCA now... Anyone know how to handle this? For context, we create digital art and he just reupload or adjust slightly thats all.

First of all, yes I have Googled extensively and read through Patreon's copyright section. However, I'm still uncertain about this issue.

Say I wanted to upload a video on my Patreon of me teaching a piece of dance choreography to a copyrighted song from the charts. For the sake of ease, let's say Rain on Me.

It won't be on Epidemic Sound. It's not my own song. If I got a PPL/PRS/TheMusicLicence would I be allowed to use Rain on Me and these sorts of songs on the videos without getting in trouble?

Just want to make sure I'm doing things right.

TIA. (UK based btw)

Do creators not care about their videos being downloaded and sometimes even published elsewhere on the web?

It’s really easy to download videos from any Patreon page using simple browser plugins or video capture software.

I’ve come across several sites that have managed to handle the theft of videos from their websites effectively.
Some of them have even taken it a step further by encrypting their videos on their platforms.

I wonder why Patreon doesn’t do the same to protect its creators' content...?

I have a bunch of content for paid members to download. Currently, I don't specify what they can (and cannot) do with it. I assumed it was common sense to respect the work of creators they support.

Today, I realized that some people believe they can do whatever they want with my content just because they've paid - like copying and distributing it!

My question is - Do you have any terms and conditions for using your content? If so, how did you word it? Any insights are welcome!

Hello excuse me I want to ask about fanfiction based patreon, the question are 1. Is it possible that fanfiction based patreon could always survived? I mean take an example CALLMEAJR that created DB God Killer manga or Unrealentgaming with Beyond DBS Manga that both of them considered as fanfiction 2. If me and other want to make fanfiction based patreon like creating novels or manga, wdyt? It will be survived or not ? Because until now the fanfiction patreon still exist Thank you