A wave of creators denounces that Vimeo “takes hostage” their videos published on Patreon …

Some of the main creators of content in video format on the crowdfunding platform Patreon have started receiving e-mails in recent weeks from Vimeo, demanding the payment of large sums of money (for having exceeded the maximum bandwidth) under the threat of deleting its contents. Jenny Nicholson, one of those affected, explains in a Twitter thread alternative account types “are an Enterprise plan (there’s no price listed, I’ll have to call for a quote, but the lower level costs $500 per month) or a custom plan (same, they create a price based on my stats).” And that despite boasting a certainly modest level of visits: IT SAYS I’M IN THE TOP 1% OF BANDWITH USERS ON THE SITE. 2000 VIEWS IN A MONTH — Jenny Nicholson 🎃👻🏆🦇 (@JennyENicholson) February 14, 2022 The case of Channel 5 Last January, those responsible for Channel 5, a video journalism channel that operates from Patreon, discovered that all his videos were no longer available. Having been isolated on a shoot in the mountains of California, when they returned they found that they had lost half a thousand subscribers. Upon contacting Patreon, their support contact explained that the problem was not with Patreon directly, “but…
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