Announcement: Replacing Characters on the next Batches (Patreon)
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Hello patrons, I'm really sad to make this announcement. It's kind of a big deal to me, and to some of you as well I'm sure.
TLDR; I got fake Nintendo DMCAs and I can no longer risk making Nintendo inhouse IPs so a lot of my upcoming poll voted winners have to be replaced, Samus on the next batch included. I also listed all the upcoming characters to be replaced down below. I'm really upset about this.
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Due to myself having been targeted by the "Fake Nintendo DMCA claims" over the entire 2021, I have been issued the removal of contents from many platforms I'm on. You name them, Patreon, Gumroad, Twitter, etc.
I have reached out to fellow content creators who have been filed a "copyright" of the same sort and we have come to a conclusion that these DMCAs are made by fake individual (the person claims they work for Nintendo and just list the claim source as "Nintendo of America" with the street address of Nintendo HQ copy pasted from the website)
But it really does not matter in the end. This is 100% less about the platforms themselves but rather on how broken the copyright law itself is. Once you are issued DMCA, your content is removed first, questions can be asked later. It's your job to file a counter-claim and wait god knows how many months it would take for any update on the situation. Meanwhile, the contents being targeted can no longer be posted or distributed anywhere.
At the beginning of 2021, I have been targeted hard by this. ALL of the Pokemon and Super Mario contents I have on any platform were issued removal or withheld. If you have been following me on Twitter and going through my timelines, many image tweets are marked as "This media has been removed in response to a report from the copyright holder" which were the results of said "DMCAs."
A couple days ago, I received an update from a counter-claim case I sent to Twitter since February 2021, meaning it has taken them 10 months to progress the issue. Two of the tweets I filed counter-claims have now been ceased withholding, meaning it's proven that the DMCAs are fake from the get go (Also they claimed Bowsette of all the things. Of course it's fucking fake lmfao). As of now, I'm still waiting for more of the update on other of my tweets.
Again, it does not matter. It's safe to say I will no longer be able to make Nintendo (or at least inhouse Nintendo IPs) contents anymore. If the copyright strike piles up enough, I could just get yeeted out of the platform, and I can't risk the content getting removed from Gumroad such after they're distributed any further.
The priority doesn't lie with whether or not the copyright claim is legit, it ends with you getting copyright claimed. That's how screwed this law is.
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So yes, that means Samus from the next batch will have to go... As for which character will be replacing her, I will just be choosing that myself. Probably something that is trending at the moment and I want to draw and also does not stray away too far from Samus as a character design. I really can't risk drawing Samus when Metroid Dread is still somewhat trending. That is just asking to get witch hunted.
If you would like to take a look at this upcoming Reward Archive so you can see what's coming up next - https://www.patreon.com/posts/18352902
Below is the list of the characters need to be replaced from each future batches;
- June 2019 - Samus
- July 2019 - Sword & Shield Female MC
- August 2019 - Palutena
- September 2019 - Cynthia/Shirona
- October 2019 - Rosa/Mei
- November 2019 - Marnie/Mary
- December 2019 - Skyla/Fuuro
- March 2020 - Bea/Saitou
- October 2020 - Nessa/Rurina
I am totally disappointed in all of this. It's never meant to happen and I value the poll winners and votes from you guys very highly. I have never minded drawing a character that was popular 2 years ago and so out of trend now, because they were voted by my supporters and waited by many people but I have been battling with this issue through the whole 2021 and it was one of the biggest reason of my art block throughout the year.
It's a shame that I'm forced to do this. I hope it's an understandable situation. I will try my best to not disappoint you all with the replacing characters I have to decide myself.
I wish everyone a great day. We are near the end of 2021. I hope 2022 will be a better year for us all.