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.
Pirating content from creators especially indies is typically discouraged.
Pirating from corporations however🤘🤙
Plenty of indie content from Bandcamp on RED and OPS.
For some people piracy is also about archival and preservation.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.
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.
So this virtue signalling travelled from Reddit to lemmy too huh
Piracy, is a reaction to corpo greed. It challenges the notion that essential tools, education, and entertainment should be locked behind paywalls many can’t afford. It pushes back against monopolies that exploit consumers with inflated prices, restrictive DRM, and predatory subscription models. When corporations prioritize profits over people, piracy becomes a form of resistance–a way to reclaim access to what should be available to all regardless of economic background or means.
Piracy isn’t about harming small indie creators or stealing their work. To call it virtue signaling is to completely miss the point, lil bro. If that’s the way you think you’re not a Pirate you’re just a thief.
EDIT: The reading comprehension here seems incredibly low. Corporations aren’t people–piracy isn’t theft because you can’t steal IP from corporations. My post doesn’t remotely suggest that Piracy is theft from corporations. Piracy from indie creators, however, is theft because it harms a person, not a corporation.
It’s not a difficult concept.
Piracy isn’t theft though.
That’s exactly what corporations want people to think about piracy.In addition to what you wrote, piracy is also a form of dissent against copyright laws.
Piracy isn’t theft though.
Why would you reply without reading my entire post? Like why? What do you get out of it?
If you’re not stealing digital media from corporations when you download without paying, you’re not stealing from indie creators when you’re doing the same. Have some consistency in your justification at least.
You arent stealing but you are also not paying yet still consume it.
How would you feel if I’d copy a cake recipe you inherited from your grandmother and sell the cake without giving you any royalties.
I just copied the recipe that was standing on the table.
You havent lost anything but could still gain.We support small/indie creators because they actually need it. Big corpos will be just fine with the money the normies or those that can’t be bothered pay.
Reread my post. You didn’t do a good enough job the first time.
Dude, either taking something without paying is theft, or it isn’t…you’re making an arbitrary distinction for the sake of your own moral or something IDK.
Just like everything else in life, it’s not a binary situation. You can’t say “either it is, or isn’t stealing! Circumstance doesn’t matter!” because circumstance always matter.
If you come at me with the intent to kill me, and I kill you in self defense, that’s not murder. It would be wholly ignorant to say “well you tried to kill the guy who was trying to kill you, so it’s murder! Circumstance doesn’t matter!” That would be the answer of a child.
The argument of Piracy has never been one of “oh, well, it’s not theft.” Of course its theft. You’d have to be in deep denial to make that argument. It’s not your IP. The argument of Piracy is that taking shit from corpos doesn’t fucking matter–no one is getting hurt. As soon as you stop taking from corpos and taking from the little guy, like indie artists, you’re just a fuckin’ thief. And that’s not moral.
Piracy isn’t about harming small indie creators or stealing their work. To call it virtue signaling is to completely miss the point, lil bro
Yea you have to be 12. Like the others said, what exactly am I stealing? Anyways it’s clear you are a newgen and are quite reactionary. Keep reacting.
Reread my post. You didn’t do a good enough job the first time.
A few years back there was some kind of url trick where you could directly download every file with some string manipulation… But that doesn’t work anymore and there isn’t any new hack/workaround to bypass paywalled files.
My guess would be that there isn’t any kind of “hack” floating arround anymore, cause it involves the site’s security measure and would leave a very bad image of DeviantArt if the creators only way to market their art has some loophole to get freestuff.
Your best chance is either someone who paid/share the stuff you’re a looking for or someone who has the technical skills to do what you’re looking for without leaving a trace.
Oh so this is their business model now, interesting.
