Kickstarter is Back on Their Bullshit: 'Adult' Content Guidelines Overhaul "Kickstarter Policy Change Over Adult Content, Comic Creators Affected" - Bleedingcool.com
Kotaku also briefly covered this news
Pay Close Attention to Who gets to define what is and isn't 'Adult' Content. If you don't see the pattern, you aren't paying close enough attention. Kickstarter official Content Rules in Full Mature Content Section: We do not allow: - Any project specifically stating it or the rewards being offered are being created for sexual pleasure. - Any project that distributes or enables distribution of pornographic content. - Any project that seeks funding for receiving or providing sexual services or spaces that offer sexual services. - Any project that promotes, glorifies, or praises sexual or abusive content or language that is coercive, degrading, humiliating, or otherwise sexually exploitative or abusive. For example: derogatory terminology ("slut", "whore", "MILF/DILF", etc.) and explicitly violent (rape fantasy, etc.) - Illegal content (bestiality, incest, etc.) - Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Material. Kickstarter takes the protection of children and vulnerable populations very seriously. We prohibit any and all sexual content and nudity of actual, or inferred, minors and vulnerable persons. If we detect or are alerted to sexually explicit content involving underage persons, we will report it to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC or other equivalent law enforcement or designated reporting body, as required by applicable law). - Photographs, photo-realistic depictions, printed models, sculpture, and illustrations of: - Sex acts or implied sex acts, inclusive of masturbation. - Nudity inclusive of female nipples/areolas, genitalia, anuses, gluteal cleft (buttocks). - Implied nudity where the subject is wearing lingerie, fetish wear, or clothing that is see-through or very tight and shows human genitalia, the anus, or the nipple/areola of female breasts. - Sexual wellness products that: -- Are explicitly designed for sexual stimulation through insertion or penetration, or are intended to have body parts inserted into them. -- Are marketed or presented primarily for sexual gratification in a manner that creates heightened safety or moderation concerns. - Dating or meet up type websites, applications and other software. We do allow: - Romance/"spicy" literature, including comic books - Sexual wellness products that are not designed for insertion or penetration and are not marketed primarily for sexual gratification. Examples may include lubricants, nipple jewellery, and other intimate items such as bras and underwear. - Any photographs or illustrations containing: - Revealing photographs in a non-sexual setting. Examples of this are: a model in swimwear or an actor in their boxers getting ready for work. - Intimate acts that are not explicitly sex acts. Examples of this are: two people kissing, two people cuddling, etc. - Nudity (breasts, genitalia, anuses, gluteal cleft/buttocks) found in projects that are portrayed in a non-sexualized, scientific, educational, or documentary style where the focus is not on genitalia or reproductive organs. - Kickstarter may still restrict content that is presented in a sexualized, exploitative, or otherwise harmful manner, even if it falls within an otherwise permitted category. Anti-evasion / anti-circumvention Creators may not evade any of these rules through cropped, blurred, obscured, misleadingly labeled, or otherwise disguised content. Interestingly, this is from the Backerkit Creator FAQ: "Adult content is allowed on BackerKit, but: - It must be clearly labeled, restricted to 18+, and presented responsibly. - Non-consensual, exploitative, or otherwise harmful content is strictly prohibited." Hope this stays that way. Backerkit is the largest alternative to Kickstarter for for English Language crowd funded projects
Pay Close Attention to Who gets to define what is and isn't 'Adult' Content. If you don't see the pattern, you aren't paying close enough attention. Kickstarter official Content Rules in Full Mature Content Section: We do not allow: - Any project specifically stating it or the rewards being offered are being created for sexual pleasure. - Any project that distributes or enables distribution of pornographic content. - Any project that seeks funding for receiving or providing sexual services or spaces that offer sexual services. - Any project that promotes, glorifies, or praises sexual or abusive content or language that is coercive, degrading, humiliating, or otherwise sexually exploitative or abusive. For example: derogatory terminology ("slut", "whore", "MILF/DILF", etc.) and explicitly violent (rape fantasy, etc.) - Illegal content (bestiality, incest, etc.) - Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Material. Kickstarter takes the protection of children and vulnerable populations very seriously. We prohibit any and all sexual content and nudity of actual, or inferred, minors and vulnerable persons. If we detect or are alerted to sexually explicit content involving underage persons, we will report it to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC or other equivalent law enforcement or designated reporting body, as required by applicable law). - Photographs, photo-realistic depictions, printed models, sculpture, and illustrations of: - Sex acts or implied sex acts, inclusive of masturbation. - Nudity inclusive of female nipples/areolas, genitalia, anuses, gluteal cleft (buttocks). - Implied nudity where the subject is wearing lingerie, fetish wear, or clothing that is see-through or very tight and shows human genitalia, the anus, or the nipple/areola of female breasts. - Sexual wellness products that: -- Are explicitly designed for sexual stimulation through insertion or penetration, or are intended to have body parts inserted into them. -- Are marketed or presented primarily for sexual gratification in a manner that creates heightened safety or moderation concerns. - Dating or meet up type websites, applications and other software. We do allow: - Romance/"spicy" literature, including comic books - Sexual wellness products that are not designed for insertion or penetration and are not marketed primarily for sexual gratification. Examples may include lubricants, nipple jewellery, and other intimate items such as bras and underwear. - Any photographs or illustrations containing: - Revealing photographs in a non-sexual setting. Examples of this are: a model in swimwear or an actor in their boxers getting ready for work. - Intimate acts that are not explicitly sex acts. Examples of this are: two people kissing, two people cuddling, etc. - Nudity (breasts, genitalia, anuses, gluteal cleft/buttocks) found in projects that are portrayed in a non-sexualized, scientific, educational, or documentary style where the focus is not on genitalia or reproductive organs. - Kickstarter may still restrict content that is presented in a sexualized, exploitative, or otherwise harmful manner, even if it falls within an otherwise permitted category. Anti-evasion / anti-circumvention Creators may not evade any of these rules through cropped, blurred, obscured, misleadingly labeled, or otherwise disguised content. Interestingly, this is from the Backerkit Creator FAQ: "Adult content is allowed on BackerKit, but: - It must be clearly labeled, restricted to 18+, and presented responsibly. - Non-consensual, exploitative, or otherwise harmful content is strictly prohibited." Hope this stays that way. Backerkit is the largest alternative to Kickstarter for for English Language crowd funded projects
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