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This requirement makes users in sanctioned countries or territories categorically ineligible to use Patreon, regardless of any other circumstance.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is cut off after 'Crimea', so the full list of named territories and any additional conditions are not visible. The canonical claim and derived fields reflect only what is shown.
If you are located, organized, or ordinarily resident in a country or territory subject to comprehensive U.S. sanctions or embargoes—currently Cuba, Iran, North Korea, or Crimea—you are not eligible to use Patreon.
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You are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country; You are not on any list of individuals prohibited from conducting business with the United States...
You represent and warrant that: (a) you are not named on or subject to any government sanctions programs or list of persons or entities prohibited from receiving U.S. exports, or engaging in transactions with any U.S. person...
You hereby represent and warrant that: (1) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country...
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This requirement makes users in sanctioned countries or territories categorically ineligible to use Patreon, regardless of any other circumstance.
If you are located, organized, or ordinarily resident in a country or territory subject to comprehensive U.S. sanctions or embargoes—currently Cuba, Iran, North Korea, or Crimea—you are not eligible to use Patreon.
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