The main difference between paymetons and something like myspace is the massive amounts of money changing hands. Sort of like how YouTube is super paranoid about lawsuits and that's why they autoflag, allow corporations to claim things willy-nilly and demonetize everything if it has copyrighted stuff in it or MIGHT be offensive to advertisers, Patreon is allowing tons of cash to flow all around the place.Kugelfisch wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2017 11:31 pmNot quite. Payacon going down due to whatever could constitute as harassment or something could set a precedent.
If there's a legal case that sets a precedent of these kinds of websites being responsible for, for example, patreons actually receiving their paid-for perks, then that could very quickly create a situation where nobody wants to be legally liable.
I don't foresee patreon and these websites "going away," exactly. I think they'll change to be more restrictive over time and start getting finicky about shit like copyright infringement, double-dipping customer bases, blatant begging, scams etc. ESPECIALLY copyright infringement. You have people on patreon right now getting paid monthly to watch shit they don't own and react to it. Or play shit they don't own and barely talk at all (DSP.) You have people like Spoony who don't deliver ANY of their patreon goals, for consecutive months.
Twitch is the same way tbh. Twitch takes 50% in their cut for what hardly counts as any kind of product or service. Not to mention cheering with bits is basically microtransaction heaven and way sleazier than the shit EA pulls. Go look at the exchange rate from dollars to bits. You basically throw money at people because you like them and that's it, and twitch takes 50%. The person might violate copyright, violate age limit/content restriction TOS, whatever.
Whenever money is involved, there's going to get more regulation over time, not less. We're still in the Wild West of ebeggars, where any fuck can make a page, put up some lies and collect $5000 in a day. They don't have to deliver shit or do shit. They want money -> have a story -> solicit sympathy (just the same as bums on the streets who "just need a dollar or two for the bus ticket") -> get loads of money for nothing.
The difference is bums running scams aren't operating with the express legal permission of the police force, and the cops aren't taking a 50% cut. That's what Patreon and Twitch do for some of these beggars.