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as i said - don't.play.lawyer.you.are.bad.at.it.Really, which game are you developing? Let me report your game to Patreon for incest and beastiality and let's see if they will ban you or not. Then we'll see which one of us is a better lawyer.
I don't know if you really read Patreon guideline; "We have zero tolerance when it comes to the glorification of sexual violence which includes bestiality, rape, and child exploitation (i.e., sexualized depiction of minors). This is true for illustrated, animated, or any other type of content.... We also do not allow other fringe sexual fetish content, such as incest, necrophilia, or fetish content that is hard to distinguish from non-consensual sex."
As you can see, Patreon does not only prevents devs from including the forbidden content to the front page; it covers all "illustrated, animated, or any other type of content" i.e. all the output the developer publish.
While i do agree with you, from the quoted tos for patreon, the content only applies to what is posted on their site, not whats in the game itself, any real lawyer could win this in court if they actually wanted to go through the hassle. Sucks that devs got targeted and they changed alot of stuff to agree with the new tos, but really the games could stay the same, just the content and posts to patreon would need to be changed based on their own wording of the tos. At least from what was quoted and posted a few posts up.Perhaps you should do your research before you act all smug towards others.
Some developers had it worse then others. It seems like it all depends on the moderator assigned to review the content.
MrDotts (Dmd) just changed the public name on Patreon and removed the Daughter word and cleaned up some posts but seemed to have been left alone otherwise.
Faerin (Man of the House) on the other hand has posted on this very forum that he was told by Patreon to change his game content before his suspension was lifted. Thus his game now has Claire (Mom) and 2 house-mates (the sisters).
Irredeemable (Teacher's Pets) also had it worse leaving him to delete all his posts on his Patreon page to get his ban lifted. You can read some of his troublesYou must be registered to see the links
And as said before, some of these developers earn a living wage from Patreon and really have zero protection (no union, no labor laws, ...)
While the newer ToC may state one thing, a number of creators have been directly told something else by the people responsible for determining if/when the creator's account is to be unfrozen. As the creator needs to satisfy those peoples requirements to achieve the outcome the creator wants then the creator either does as asked or looks for another way to generate income....the content only applies to what is posted on their site, not whats in the game itself...
What independent creator in their right mind (who's using P-ron as a main income source) would get into a legal battle with a company that keeps lawyers on their pay-roll (either directly or via retainer).... any real lawyer could win this in court if they actually wanted to go through the hassle.
If i was an independent creator i would never use patreon after reading their tos/community guidelines, the whole thing screams the possibility of you getting fucked over no matter what kind of content you make, rather its art, games, etc. patreon can just say fuck it and take everything away and be able to legally claim whatever content that was posted on their site as their own rather than it being yours the creator. So even if you did go through the process of legal action your getting fucked at the end anyway. Not a good service imo, but not everyone can setup a way for people to privately fund them while at the same time spreading the word about their content like patreon does, its a double edge sword. And im really surprised there's not more talk about this and how crappy their tos is because i could of sworn a few years ago something similar was going on with patreons at the times updated tos.While the newer ToC may state one thing, a number of creators have been directly told something else by the people responsible for determining if/when the creator's account is to be unfrozen. As the creator needs to satisfy those peoples requirements to achieve the outcome the creator wants then the creator either does as asked or looks for another way to generate income.
What independent creator in their right mind (who's using P-ron as a main income source) would get into a legal battle with a company that keeps lawyers on their pay-roll (either directly or via retainer).
The first thing that company would do is freeze the creator's account thus a reduction in income which would make paying for anything including lawyers fees (for those creators living in Legal Regions that don't follow the loser pays for everything model) more difficult. It becomes even more complex and expensive if the creator and the company aren't in the same Legal Region.
as i said,any1 with power can do the fuk they want. and they do,as you see. this "guideline" is full of loopholes for both sides.Perhaps you should do your research before you act all smug towards others.
Some developers had it worse then others. It seems like it all depends on the moderator assigned to review the content.
MrDotts (Dmd) just changed the public name on Patreon and removed the Daughter word and cleaned up some posts but seemed to have been left alone otherwise.
Faerin (Man of the House) on the other hand has posted on this very forum that he was told by Patreon to change his game content before his suspension was lifted. Thus his game now has Claire (Mom) and 2 house-mates (the sisters).
Irredeemable (Teacher's Pets) also had it worse leaving him to delete all his posts on his Patreon page to get his ban lifted. You can read some of his troublesYou must be registered to see the links
And as said before, some of these developers earn a living wage from Patreon and really have zero protection (no union, no labor laws, ...)
Way back in the old days when tables were made of clay or stone (and not mystical materials like glass and metal) I had a lecturer explain to me that legal loopholes in software related (semi) legal documents like an End-User-Agreement or Term-of-Service "guideline" are almost always only ever there for the issuers benefit, because only they are able to change the said legal document at will whenever they like.... this "guideline" is full of loopholes for both sides.