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PSA: Stop using Patreon
5 years ago
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Patreon just (well, 3 weeks ago) lost a Lawsuit. They tried to weasel their way out of having to pay arbitration fees by changing theit TOS after the fact. A Judge throwed that out. So now they will be forced to arbitrate around 100 claims (heard "over 100", but the article talks about 72), and pay up front fees of up to $10'000 per arbitration.
The court order is not final, but it's improbable the judge will overrule himself.
This sets a precedent for all the other content creators that Patreon banned for bunk reasons.
If their fans also file arbitration, this will be the end of Patreon.. And it will probably cost you.
You know what happened when some big youtube Networks went down? Yeah, they took all the money with them. Patreon will use the money that were pledged to you for legal fees and if it goes down, it probably takes that money with it.
Maybe they won't. Maybe Patreon will not touch that money. Maybe the judge will overrule himself (maybe he'll receive a huge gift from an anonymous source, who knows). Maybe nothing will happen. But why would you want to stay on such a censorship happy platform anyway? Especially after what happened to slugbox. (if you don't know, you'll find a summary on the about of his still existing page
https://www.cernovich.com/patreon-lawsuit-owen-benjamin/
EDIT: The verdict is final, as far as I can tell, and Lauren Southern already told their fans to act, Sargon told them to "act is you want which may be a good thing" (basically, "act but I don't want to get into trouble" XD)
get off it while you still can without losing your revenue
The court order is not final, but it's improbable the judge will overrule himself.
This sets a precedent for all the other content creators that Patreon banned for bunk reasons.
If their fans also file arbitration, this will be the end of Patreon.. And it will probably cost you.
You know what happened when some big youtube Networks went down? Yeah, they took all the money with them. Patreon will use the money that were pledged to you for legal fees and if it goes down, it probably takes that money with it.
Maybe they won't. Maybe Patreon will not touch that money. Maybe the judge will overrule himself (maybe he'll receive a huge gift from an anonymous source, who knows). Maybe nothing will happen. But why would you want to stay on such a censorship happy platform anyway? Especially after what happened to slugbox. (if you don't know, you'll find a summary on the about of his still existing page
https://www.cernovich.com/patreon-lawsuit-owen-benjamin/
EDIT: The verdict is final, as far as I can tell, and Lauren Southern already told their fans to act, Sargon told them to "act is you want which may be a good thing" (basically, "act but I don't want to get into trouble" XD)
get off it while you still can without losing your revenue
