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.

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[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip -5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So this virtue signalling travelled from Reddit to lemmy too huh

[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Piracy isn’t theft though.

Why would you reply without reading my entire post? Like why? What do you get out of it?

[–] ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 week ago

I read your post and understood it.
Why would you reply without trying to understand what I wrote?

Piracy/copying isn't theft.
Not all countries see copying as theft.
And neither does the platform we're currently using (Lemmy).

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Reread my post. You didn't do a good enough job the first time.

[–] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 0 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Xanza@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

Reread my post. You didn't do a good enough job the first time.