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Patreon Account Selling Pirated Games - Developers Beware

Mirthal

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Fucking hell...

Well, last time seemed to work wonders. Ask your fans to replenish it too so they notice it faster once their inbox implodes.

Here is another template, just copy/paste it into the fields.

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I'm looking for support on a Trust & Safety issue.
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Miagamepack Patreon
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Dear Trust & Safety team

It has come to my attention that a Patreon user by the name "Miagamepack" is misusing the platform by illegally downloading other creators content and reuploading it into his account.

This user already had an account banned called "Miagamehouse", which had over 800 posts of stolen content from both outside creators and creators on Patreon itself.

I hope this information helps the Trust & Safety team to make Patreon a better space for all creators.

The user in question can be found here:
Regards.
 
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gamersglory

Xpression Games
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I started rendering stuff with a 760ti a few years back. I'm guessing this Mia person can't even pose or draw? Trying to pass off someone else's work as your own is just awful
 

Winterfire

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He ain't posing it as their work, he literally wrote on his page that he is offering other people's games for just one dollar.
 

gamersglory

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He ain't posing it as their work, he literally wrote on his page that he is offering other people's games for just one dollar.
Even worse. Guess it's the same person from a few months ago. Patreon needs to get there act together. For a 5% cut, they should be acting as our DMCA agent on there own site at least
 
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muttdoggy

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@gamersglory You are right. Miagameshouse was the old Patreon site which was up for several months. After a coordinated campaign by developers, Patreon put it under review then quickly shut the page down.
Not even 2 months later, "she" is back with another site. We were alerted and again, developers took action.
BUT.. this time.. with fewer options to report this, it's now nuked.
Be proud of your efforts. This wasn't even 12 hours since you guys got notice.

(y)
 

Back

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Look at how the community gathered together to take positive actions like this. Good job, folks! We all got to help and respect one another to elevate the industry as a whole--that goes to developers and fans alike! ;] It's great that there are some sharp-eyed individuals to detect bad a apples like Mia and Giochi (see Illegal Italian Website Selling Stolen Games thread), and monitor Steam and other similar sites to bring our collective attention to them so that appropriate actions can be taken.
 

Winterfire

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Yeah I want to see giochi going down next, make it happen!

It's my xmas wish for this year, who will be santa
 
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recreation

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I wonder which is worst... illegal money making websites like those or the fact that one's game do not even make it on there :rolleyes:
I would say everyone who's games aren't stolen are bad dev's with bad games :p

Joke aside, I don't think they go like "Hey this new game has almost no patreons and fans, but it looks promising, let's steal it".
These people are just stealing the biggest player, well known games that make a lot of money already.

Back to topic: It's nice to see that patreon was quite fast this time and that the community stood up to get the page down. I wonder how many people got a response from patreon, I didn't, but I guess they got a bit of a report flood xD
 

anne O'nymous

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Look at how the community gathered together to take positive actions like this. Good job, folks! We all got to help and respect one another to elevate the industry as a whole--that goes to developers and fans alike! ;] It's great that there are some sharp-eyed individuals to detect bad a apples like Mia and Giochi (see Illegal Italian Website Selling Stolen Games thread), and monitor Steam and other similar sites to bring our collective attention to them so that appropriate actions can be taken.
Yeah. We are pirates, but honest pirates.
It's not because we play the games for free, that we don't (those who can afford it) pledge for some, and, more important, that we don't care for their authors' good. We can't all help with money, but when we can help otherwise, we do it without hesitation. It's what make me proud to be part of this community...
 

Aesouh

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Yeah. We are pirates, but honest pirates.
It's not because we play the games for free, that we don't (those who can afford it) pledge for some, and, more important, that we don't care for their authors' good. We can't all help with money, but when we can help otherwise, we do it without hesitation. It's what make me proud to be part of this community...
Far from everyone thinks like that though!

Nice to see the page die so fast.
 

M$hot

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"Disclaimer: LustGames do not own the games listed in the website. We simply provide the service of aggregating quality adult games to make it easy for you to find and play the games you like." < Oh, like F95 except behind a paywall and less efficient?

followed with 'Oh yeah, The 2 dollar and 4 dollar tier are sold out, so it's $10 now, lulz' is next level pathetic.
If they put this much effort into mowing lawns they'd already have a rig to dev a game on by now. Which kind of makes me think they are just doing it to be shitbags. Why make a game when you can steal everyone elses efforts? (except for the fact it's immoral and pathetic obviously.)
Hope Patreon is quicker this time. Do we have to tag all the devs again?
Runey RomanHume Domiek Aesouh

Sorry for the tag, Mia or someone that looks a lot like "her" is back, see post above mine.