Change of Policy

I would have to talk to you one on one only because your Situation is hard to give you a direct answer

Anthony

Little Update: I'm staying on same policies, for now, after talking to people. It seems like the view only thing would not do me much good : )

Narisyot Chammanard

That is not much of a problem because Gumroad is usually way more expensive. Also when you do it at the end of the month, folks can decide during the month to still join because you do an animation with a character they like a lot.

Areku Al-Khemi

Looks like everyone is in agreement.

I can also release rewards on gumroad the same day as it was released on patreon, but that would make the monthly rewards less exclusive.

Narisyot Chammanard

To build off that, because I do think it sounds like a good idea to personalize each reward to a patron in order to stop anonymous reward posting. Maybe instead of a pixel, there could be a four-digit code hidden somewhere in the art/animation in one frame or another than Omy would only know where it is. If the art is posted, they can look through the art/animation and see 'H2OW' (or something) in the bg and check notes, and know exactly who's reward it was.

interstellarSurveyor

This is an extremely frustrating thing to have to go through, and I'm so sorry it's happening. Whatever decision you make to protect your art and your income, i fully support you. I hope everything works out.

interstellarSurveyor

If possible, and I know it's probably a lot of work, but you should watermark all of the rewards with something unnoticeable (like a random pixel or something) and document which watermarks correspond to each user you sent the works to. "Every patreon reward is personalized" It would quickly expose whoever is leaking it, so you can get rid of them. But I understand if it's an insane amount of work to do just to expose a few, but remember that for every person you expose, it also helps other patreon artists in blocking that account from their art too. It would also impose the difficult of distributing the art, so it's understandably hard to consider. I'm sorry to hear that you're facing this :(

Lawaleeth

And just to clarify, this policy is not set in stone yet. I'm just 'considering' it. It does need to be worked on differently after all.

Narisyot Chammanard

So this change of policy doesn't mean you don't get to download rewards; it's just you get access to downloading later on during that month.

Narisyot Chammanard

If only theirs a way to report to those who are leaking your artwork and have it removed it from the website.

Makani Wolfhandle

Your outrage is fully justified and I'll continue supporting you no matter what you decide.

Pal