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Don't worry about what you cannot control? No matter what people are going to share your art. Live with it.

The only way I can think you can get around this is by create custom packs for each patron which has stenographically signed images in it. That way if they do leak you would know exactly which patron leaked them. That's a lot of set up though; you would probably want someone to write something to do that for you.

SnowTheBard

As a content creator on the internet, too, my heart goes out to you, DogBone. It isn't easy. Deal with what you can control, don't worry about what you can't, and don't let it distract you from your goals. Can't wait to see the next pack!

From what I've read, it's a big problem with Patreon where people will pledge an amount, download all of the "patron only" content, then cancel their pledge before they're charged to get the content for "free". One way you could solve this is to password protect the content and send out passwords via email only to accounts that have payment confirmed for the month. This can help to reduce theft, but I don't think it can ever really be prevented.

While I don't condone piracy I feel like it's inevitable. I feel like a lot of methods to circumvent it can hurt your performance over all. The fans that can pay are going to and ones that can't, won't.

Ted Jones

copyright your artworks?

Dave

But the owner of that archives can upload them as torrents.

Dave

I've seen other artists password-protect their archives/packs, and send out the pack's password through a batch private message to patrons who meet the associated tier. Also that totally sucks that people are leaking your stuff. :(

Enyu

Quick search from wisekgeek: "On a similar note, some sites are selling downloadable files with a digital fingerprint that makes it possible to trace pirated copies back to the original source."

Dave

You know where are the sources of the leak? I'm betting it's being downloaded as torrents (Kickass i.e.)

Dave