How to protect content on patreon?

Question

Intellectual property

Recently, I had the opportunity to create very high-quality illustrations and animations for an "adult audience". I would like to monetize all this. I turned my attention to patreon.
Given the fact that most of them post there, my content will go in and definitely find its audience.
And here there is a problem.

Adult sites, torrents, video hosting sites regularly steal content from Patreon.
Considering what kind of work and animation they pull to themselves (and the quality there is not the best), my animation will appear there a day after publication on Patreon.
No, I'm not a super artist or animator, I just realistically assess the situation. And it would be a shame to spend a week on animation and see that it was posted on the network and open access the next day.

How to protect content on patreon?
Well, or how to act - follow the sites, write abuse. I understand that everything that has got on the Internet is becoming publicly available, but labor must be paid, and time is money.

Answer 1

No way. Anything that can be stolen will be stolen. The maximum that you can do is to grow a community of adequate fans around you

Answer 2

How to protect content on...

By technical means, no way. Because there are no reliable ways to distinguish a "respectable" user from a "malicious" one. Only administrative - track content, write abuse and more. (The most aggressive in this area is the Japanese group AKB48, but there are so many people there that they can put a separate person on it)
But given the area in which you are going to work, it’s better to forget about it right away :) You don’t think that any porn site will respond to it? Well, they will neigh, maximum :)
In the Russian Federation, by the way, content "for adults" is generally practically in the "gray zone" - there is only the concept of illegal production and trafficking;)

Answer 3

Technically, this is done as follows:
1. Invisible steganographic tags are placed on all videos and photos that identify the user
2. In the event of a leak, the user is calculated and banned entirely on Patreon.
3. You can only allow access to your channel to those who have already spent more than $100 on Patreon or who will buy an annual subscription.
But alas, this is not about patreon.