LatexJess
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I've Been Scraped.
🕑 Added 2022-08-04 22:42:31 +0000 UTCHow frustrating..
A fan recently informed me that my paywalled content is appearing outside of Patreon.
Not just a few pictures here and there.. not the content I've published.. my entire catalogue of paywalled content, thousands and thousands of private pictures. They informed be about an app that specifically targets Patreon and automates the process. Tens of thousands of accounts are on this site, including many of my friends and peers.
The worst part is.. the person that did this paid for a membership, heck they may be reading this message. I don't have a huge patron count, and those that support me tend to stick around.. so when I see someone join and cancel.. I KNOW.
I'm not really in the "content creation" business, so perhaps this is a sign that I shouldn't bother with Patreon altogether.
UGhhh..
I've since issued a DMCA takedown with the respective site.. and have reached out to Patreon for some formal (potentially legal) support.
Lmk what you think I should do, really demoralized.
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Tryst
I'm here because I want to support your creativity, not because I expect something in return. Hopefully that's the same for a lot of your patrons.
Like Rina said pirates are gonna pirate, and I think the prolific author, Neil Gaiman, said it best “You know, that’s really all this is. It’s people lending books. And you can’t look on that as a loss of sale. It’s not a lost sale, nobody who would have bought your book is not buying it because they can find it for free.” https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/509253-when-the-web-started-i-used-to-get-really-grumpy
