Ahoy my fellow pirates. Is there any site like Kemono for DeviantArt Premium Galleries? I found this one creator on the platform but all his good stuff is behind a 10$ (!) paywall for every “Gallery” of his. Bad is that they aren’t only images but videos that I need, so there is that. Does anyone here know of some site of this kind?

P.S. The author also doesn’t have a patreon or anything like that. He only posts to DA.

Edit: He also locks 95% of his stuff behind a 20$ (!) subscription on top of these galleries. You can’t even access the old premium galleries if you buy the sub.

  • Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    2 days ago

    yea, preserving deviantart is not a focus like anywhere as far as I know, and hopefully the artist themselves do, but it’s vague. It does match with how historically art has usually been a big job to try and preserve once the artist is dead.

    For preserving music (since you mention bandcamp) I recommend supporting your local library; an here’s a list of some US music libraries. https://www.american-music.org/page/Libraries

    Most nations do have some type of music archive as well, and it’s not like software which faces legal issues for historical preservation.

    • ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I gave an example, I don’t necessarily think that’s the case here. Just not a fan of portraying piracy as a general “bad thing” that is only reserved for corporations.

      I’m not from the USA, and I do support my local library :)
      But there’s barely any music there and even then it’s mostly local.

      RED and OPS has things that are currently impossible to find anywhere else.