> The IRS and Patreon need to know who you are. Patrons don't. As i commended elsewhere, if Patreon acts as the publisher, then yes. The authors are merely sub

> The IRS and Patreon need to know who you are. Patrons don't. As i commended elsewhere, if Patreon acts as the publisher, then yes. The authors are merely sub-contractors and their relationship with patrons is quite different. > Likewise, are you claiming that the "by works" model that patreon supports today is illegal? As I commented elsewhere, I might not have understood what the author has been describing and misinterpreted it. The API question, based on your take, then needs to be expanded on. Too many variables here. Sound more to me like this is not an API question at all, but rather lack of functionality/forms/pages/lists on the front-end side? > I'm definitely curious about what you come up with, especially if you get traction with artists - but only about half a dozen of the artists I support through patreon are outside the US anyway, so until you work out US support I'm probably not going to notice. Good luck, though. It will have no geo-restriction so who ever comes will be welcome. Frankly, I am not looking to get millions of users. I will be satisfied if it pays for itself and people's salaries and author get alternative means of communicating with their fans, or the world, in this modern era of censorship and political correctness. My setup if very different from the one bigtech uses, so I hope that will be what will attract people there. I have been working on this for a year with about 5 month break. It will be out next year.