Update on Patreon Warning Letter
Dear Patrons,
If you've read my past update, allow me to inform you all again that I've received several emails from Patreon Moderation Team who informed me that due to certain content that goes directly against Patreon Terms of Service, I will be asked to remove the aforementioned content from my Patreon.
I've tried my best to comply with the request and will continue to do so as there might be other posts that does not meet the guideline.
Among one of the works that Patreon requested for me to remove was Ilulu NTR work which I've drawn recently.
I know that there were many of you who were looking forward to the next part of the story but due to the recent email I've received from Patreon, I am currently revaluating my future contents going forward on Patreon.
As much as I understand your frustrations regarding the recent updates, please do not point your anger at Patreon for making this request.
Until recently, I was not aware that I was violating the Terms of Service nor was I aware that such genre was considered illegal in certain States in America.
Hence why I believe it's necessary to comply and cooperate with the reasonable requests made by the Moderation Team.
I know that some of you might be disappointed that I am most likely going to postpone working on Ilulu for the following month but I will do my best to remove what was requested and focus on another content for the coming month!
I will consider continuing the project at a later time perhaps on a different platform if need be.
For my dear Patrons who have supported me thus far, thank you. Please accept my apologies as some of the past links will no longer be available as of now due to the requests by Patreon Moderation Team. I can only hope you will understand why the links had to be removed.
I'm still in email correspondance with the Moderation Team in hopes that we can reach an agreement with regards to the content that needs to be removed under the guideline. I imagine this might be a long process as there are many posts to go through so bear with me for now.
This will probably be my last update regarding this issue, hopefully.
Thank you for reading and I hope to be back creating more content for you all soon!
-PoPer-
Comments (15)
NTR is not illegal in the US. The reason that Patreon did that to you is that they are at the whims of transaction processing companies, who act as feudal lords censoring consent they deem "obscene" under moralizing Christian standards. In order to continue to operate as a service, Patreon must crack down harshly on anything deemed "deviant," or their ability to process payments will be threatened.
it just plays unbelievable seeing Patreon doing this when all these are only a matter of fiction.
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New platform, I am 100% sure it's just someone abusing their power because they don't like NTR. Willing to go to any other website to support you as long as there's no mosaic, black bars, or white out censorship. Patreon is a little sensitive bitch as it seems.
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Although it’s not Patreon’s false but it is not your false too 👍 don’t worry and we look forward to your art as usual.
This probably falls into what court of law considers obscenity and its determined by a sitting judge or jury in reference to local standards and definitions on a state-by-state, case-by-case basis. The legality of drawn or fictitious pornography depicting minors(loli/shota) and bestiality is left in a 'gray area', much like other forms of alternative pornography. Some states pay less mind to the contents of such materials and determine obscenity based on time and place an offense may occur, while others may have strict, well-defined standards for what a community may be allowed to find appropriate. Others only may have vague laws or definitions which are only used to allow the government to prosecute recidivist offenders on both a federal and state level. Point is, Patreon as a platform would much rather not risk their platform while dancing on a gray tightrope on behalf of the creators.
You're giving Patreon too much credit, unfortunately they enforce these ridiculous rules out of their own volition. They'd rather harass artists than make money.
It isn’t illegal in the states, patreon just sucks
Yeah, I have heard patreon has been cracking down more harshly on anime art lately. If you do make the switch to a new platform let us know. I would love to continue to support your work and hope this doesn't discourage you.
I’m not familiar with patreons terms of use but it seems to me non of your work has been, even remotely, unacceptable. But much like Twitter and face book they can pick and choose what they think is going to far and often that just means what they don’t agree with like ntr. I would like to suggest looking into other platforms immediately one that seems to be a little more lenient is subscribe star. Maybe that would be a better platform to reach your western audience.
Thank you for the information. I will solve the problem somehow so that the supporters don't feel uncomfortable. 😥
It’s not illegal in any states. Patreon is just harassing certain artists. For example can buy eroge with Lolis or NTR in them on steam. So make no mistake, you aren’t to blame here. Patreon is at fault. I’m still hoping to see a continuation for Ilulu but I can wait. You do what you need to do. I’ll probably move over to supporting you on Fanbox soon.
I seriously think it might be time to find a new platform, I think it’s crazy to make you delete past work because of that. I would love to see you continue a lot of series that patreon won’t allow, so I hope you’re able to find a better platform that will let you continue those works in the future.