You probably know about those imaginary art subreddits, where you can share art with specific theme (e.g., ImaginaryMonsters where you can share artwork with…imaginary monsters, yes) and there is a bunch of these. I was thinking of making one community that I would call something like ImaginaryAnything where people could share art with any theme, and just mention the theme in the title, instead of having 100s of communities for each specific one, since lemmy is pretty small still. There already are some specific imaginary communities on lemmy but non of them are really active.

My main concern is copyright issues, would there be any? I wouldn’t want to cause the instance admin any problems. Every post would be required to credit the author and to link the source, but could images hosted on the instance cause problems? In case they could, would linking the source image link instead of uploading it to the instance avoid such problem?

  • Varyk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9·
    1 month ago

    I’m not sure what you’re asking, you mean if you use a copyrighted image and tweak it slightly?

    or like drawing Mario and you’re worried Nintendo is going to sue?

    is it just fan art?

    in all those cases, yes, uploading to a different site and then posting the link here would remove the instance one separation from liability.

    • WistfulOPEnglish
      3·
      1 month ago

      No, the images would be untouched. And those don’t really contain copyrighted characters either.

      The reason to upload it directly to an instance would be just for better combability with lemmy (some image links may not show correctly on lemmy, or may be missing the thumbnail…)
      On reddit, they upload it directly, and link the source.

      • Varyk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        If it’s just for compatibility’s sake, I haven’t had any problem uploading any images in any format I’ve tried to Lemmy so far, and I upload a lot here, so I don’t think you’re going to have any trouble there.

        If that’s your only concern, I don’t think you have much to lose by trying to upload stuff and then seeing how it goes.

          • WistfulOPEnglish
            1·
            1 month ago

            Haha, I’m not sure what you mean by that. I’m simply wondering if having someones artwork uploaded on a lemmy instance (even if credited) can cause copyright issues. I don’t really know how that works.

            Edit: Maybe I’m wording it incorrectly. I’m talking about someone filing a DMCA complaint / “unlawful reproduction or distribution of their work”…

    • WistfulOPEnglish
      41·
      1 month ago

      Oh, great! I somehow overlooked that community.
      I see that you are mainly uploading images to catbox or using direct links of the source image. Which is fine but on the lemmy website, sometimes thumbnails are missing and some posts cannot be expanded so you have to open link in the new tab. That is the only reason why I was asking that question in my post. But it’s not a big deal.

      What do you think about adding a rule to have Imaginary[something] in the title just so that you could use it as a search query to find specific art, since we don’t have all of those separate, specific communities?

      I was thinking about having a list of possible Imaginary “categories” in the sidebar, and when someone is making a post, they could just pick one that is fitting.

      This is a list from Imaginary network on reddit that I grabbed, that could be potentially used. And you would just pick one subcategory or if you are not sure about specific one, you could put a category instead.

      spoiler

      Characters
      ImaginaryArchers
      ImaginaryAssassins
      ImaginaryAstronauts
      ImaginaryKnights
      ImaginaryLovers
      ImaginaryMythology
      ImaginaryNobles
      ImaginaryScholars
      ImaginarySoldiers
      ImaginaryWarriors
      ImaginaryWitches
      ImaginaryWizards

      Races
      ImaginaryAngels
      ImaginaryDwarves
      ImaginaryElves
      ImaginaryFaeries
      ImaginaryHumans
      ImaginaryImmortals
      ImaginaryMerfolk
      ImaginaryOrcs

      Lands
      ImaginaryBattlefields
      ImaginaryCityscapes
      ImaginaryHellscapes
      ImaginaryMindscapes
      ImaginaryPathways
      ImaginarySeascapes
      ImaginarySkyscapes
      ImaginaryStarscapes
      ImaginaryWastelands
      ImaginaryWeather
      ImaginaryWildlands
      ImaginaryWorlds

      Architecture
      ImaginaryArchitecture
      ImaginaryCastles
      ImaginaryDwellings
      ImaginaryInteriors

      Monsters
      ImaginaryBeasts
      ImaginaryBehemoths
      ImaginaryCarnage
      ImaginaryDemons
      ImaginaryDragons
      ImaginaryElementals
      ImaginaryHorrors
      ImaginaryHybrids
      ImaginaryLeviathans
      ImaginaryMonsterGirls
      ImaginaryUndead
      ImaginaryWorldEaters

      Technology
      ImaginaryArmor
      ImaginaryCybernetics
      ImaginaryCyberpunk
      ImaginaryFutureWar
      ImaginaryFuturism
      ImaginaryMechs
      ImaginaryPortals
      ImaginaryRobotics
      ImaginaryStarships
      ImaginarySteampunk
      ImaginaryVehicles
      ImaginaryWeaponry

      Fandoms
      ImaginaryAzeroth
      ImaginaryDarkSouls
      ImaginaryFallout
      ImaginaryJedi
      ImaginaryKanto
      ImaginaryMarvel
      ImaginaryMiddleEarth
      ImaginaryNecronomicon
      ImaginaryTamriel
      ImaginaryWarhammer
      ImaginaryWesteros
      ImaginaryWitcher

      Misc
      ImaginaryBestOf
      ImaginaryAww
      ImaginaryColorscapes
      ImaginaryFeels
      ImaginaryNetwork
      ImaginaryPets
      ImaginarySliceOfLife
      ImaginaryWTF