More about the art theft issue
Added 2017-12-21 19:33:02 +0000 UTCIn my previous post I talked about a site that is stealing (paid) content from creators and publishes it openly. Fuck them, I'm still so angry and disgusted.
It's not even so much about my content being stolen. I use Patreon to share things that aren't meant for a larger audience. Not just rewards, but thoughts and feelings. So I suddenly feel violated and unsafe.
In a thread they even talked about "scraping direct messages for links" to get to the rewards. I feel sick just thinking about how someone is invading my privacy like that. If they're able to go through with it, it seems to be a bigger security issue than I thought. I contacted Patreon about it to see if they can do anything.
If you have any suggestions on how to handle this issue, please let me know. :/
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Hey, I made a post with detailed info on this process as it was sent to me by Patreon's support staff: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/patreon/comments/7l6ftq/patreons_official_response_email_regarding_the/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/patreon/comments/7l6ftq/patreons_official_response_email_regarding_the/</a>
Lucyan J. C. (cyangorilla)
2017-12-26 19:21:19 +0000 UTCOh wow, thank you!
Djamila Knopf
2017-12-26 18:02:54 +0000 UTCThis is from the forum post I mentioned: <br> "Please find below the contact information for Service ProvidersΒ hosting Yiff.Party . <br> <br> (1) Domain Registrar: Name: Gandi SAS <br> Email address:Β abuse@support.gandi.net <br> Online complaint form:Β <a href="https://v4.gandi.net/abuse" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://v4.gandi.net/abuse</a> <br> <br> (2) Hosting / CDN provider: Name: CloudFlare, Inc. <br> Online complaint form:Β <a href="https://www.cloudflare.com/abuse/form1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.cloudflare.com/abuse/form1</a> " <br><br> I have no idea how this stuff works, but hope that info is useful!
Nymla
2017-12-26 17:53:31 +0000 UTCThanks so much for the links! Awesome that Ryan Estrada is doing so well fighting them. I honestly feel a bit helpless, because I don't evemn know which country/authorities are responsible in this situation.
Djamila Knopf
2017-12-26 17:41:22 +0000 UTCI'm not entirely sure how it works, but I think it may have still been old Patrons who took the older feeds? I was examining the site last night, and for certain creators for whom they are missing certain tiers, they put a notice out to the community saying to "help us out if you are supporting the creator." Here's a screenshot from the site: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y7bxvaa2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/y7bxvaa2</a> I'm not sure what legal recourse looks like in this situation, but someone I was speaking with last night suggested filing a complaint with the IRS, Federal Trade Commission, and/or the Better Business Bureau (about yiff and/or about Patreon for doing nothing, as yiff has apparently been doing this for years). You might also reach out to Ryan Estrada, a cartoonist who is already hard at work fighting yiff on the PayPal front (he just got some of their accounts shut down this week). <a href="https://twitter.com/ryanestrada" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ryanestrada</a>
Joamette
2017-12-22 12:53:11 +0000 UTC
