#also social media lowkey scares me so im lke....whispering in the tags...of my own post...even though I'm OP lol

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So Julian Gough's Paypal got closed after he started getting donations (He tweeted about it here) but he just sent out a new Paypal link here. As many of you have voiced your love for his work, you can also subscribe to his substack here (there is both a free and paid option!)

Links go directly to his tweets about it, so you can see for yourself it's actually Julian Gough. It does seem that he did update the link in his article though! I think it's been very sweet to see the outpouring love and support for Gough and the Minecraft end poem in everyone's tags and replies over the course of these past few days.

There's been a tiny bit of disagreement in the notes (luckily they have very much been in the minority) as some people think he should have just signed the contract if he wanted fair compensation. I wasn't sure how to put my thoughts about that into words, but I really loved the way that @circuitousmoths put it in their tags:

Tags from the screenshot: #he makes it clear the reason he never tried to get fairer compensation is that he felt that would turn the matter into a money issue #when to him the issue wasn't so much about money as it was feeling betrayed by what he felt was supposed to be a friend # and again; copyright laws as they exist right now are never ever in favor of artists # and always in favor of the bigger financial body in the equation

i know not many people would want to read a 10,000 word article about the minecraft end poem and how the author, Julian Gough, was never fairly compensated for his work and has made it public domain.

But it's a very well-written and heartfelt read, and he makes it very clear that none of this is a cash-grab and despite the fact that he is essentially a starving artist in this capitalist society, he only mentions his financial struggles despite Minecraft's huge huge success at the bottom of this article and not in the tweets so as to not dilute his message.

Anyway, I just think it'd be cool if those who are able to could support him in some way whether it be subscribing to his substack or donating to his paypal (that's linked in the article, you can ctrl + F to find it easier), that's all.