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How to File a DMCA Takedown on Patreon

Patreon theft has a particularly bitter edge: someone else is charging monthly subscriptions for work you made, reposted art packs, pirated videos, leaked photo sets, copied writing. Patreon accepts DMCA notifications through a copyright report form and through its designated agent's email, and its policy applies a repeat-infringer termination rule to creators and patrons alike. Here's how to file.

Before you start

  • Proof of ownership, links to where your work was first published (your own Patreon, portfolio, store, or social accounts), plus original files if you have them.
  • The URL of the infringing Patreon page and, ideally, individual post URLs. If posts are patron-only, gather what you can: post titles, public previews, and screenshots or reports from people who've seen them.
  • Your contact information, Patreon may forward your name and contact details to the user you report.
  • Whether you're the owner or an authorized representative with an exclusive-rights holder behind you.

Step 1: Open Patreon's copyright policy

Go to https://www.patreon.com/policy/copyright. Patreon's Copyright & Trademark Policy lists both filing routes, a copyright report form in its Help Center and the designated agent's email, [email protected], and spells out what a compliant notification must contain.

Step 2: Choose the form or the email route

The form (linked directly from the policy) walks you through the required fields and is the tidiest option. Email works just as well if you prefer writing a full notice; either way, the content requirements below are the same, following 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3).

Step 3: Identify your work and locate the infringement

Name each work that's been infringed and link to your original. Then include the URL of the offending creator's page and any other information needed to locate the material, post links, post titles, tier names. For paywalled posts you can't open, explain how you know your work is there; Patreon's team can look behind the paywall.

Step 4: Add your contact details and the legal statements

Provide your name, address, phone number, and email. Then include the two required statements: that you have a good-faith belief the material isn't authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and that the information is accurate and, under penalty of perjury, you're authorized to act for the owner of an exclusive right that's allegedly infringed.

Step 5: Sign and submit

Sign with your full name (typed is fine), submit the form or send the email, and archive a copy with the date. If Patreon's team needs clarification, they'll reply to the email you provided.

What happens after you file

Patreon reviews the notification and removes or disables access to infringing material, notifying the creator, who may receive your name and contact information and can respond with a counter-notification. Accounts that keep infringing face termination under Patreon's repeat-infringer policy. Pirates who lose one page often relaunch under a new name, so keep periodic tabs on searches for your brand and titles. If you'd rather never write another takedown notice, Rulta is a done-for-you DMCA service whose team finds infringements and files and follows up on takedowns for creators, on Patreon and across the web.

This guide is educational information, not legal advice.

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Exhibit A — official takedown formhttps://www.patreon.com/policy/copyright

Frequently asked questions

How do I send a DMCA notice to Patreon?

Two official routes, the copyright report form linked from Patreon's Copyright & Trademark Policy (a Help Center request form), or email to Patreon's designated agent at [email protected].

Someone is charging patrons for reposts of my content, does Patreon act on that?

Yes. Patreon accepts DMCA notifications for infringing material hosted on its platform, and a creator monetizing your stolen work is a textbook case. Include the page and post URLs.

Will the infringing creator see my complaint?

Patreon says it may pass along information from your complaint, including your name and contact information, to the user responsible for the challenged material.

What if the infringing posts are patron-only and I can't see them?

Describe what you know, the page URL, post titles, preview text, and any evidence from patrons or promos showing your work is behind the paywall. Patreon's team can review content you can't access.

Does Patreon terminate repeat infringers?

Yes. Patreon's copyright policy applies a repeat-infringer termination policy to both creators and patrons.