Discuss: The Problem with giving away the images

The Problem with giving away the images

Heidegger · Sep 5, 2026

I have thought about making the images for the AR archive available for download as a zip file BUT I remembered the copyright message that people agreed to when they uploaded those images (and when they upload stories). The agreement was always that by uploading they granted the use of their content to the AR archive while they retained the copyright and ownership. There's the rub - I don't feel comfortable giving the images away in bulk in violation of that promise/agreement. I am working on making the images available to view but it takes a lot of reverse-engineering of the old gallery software to make it work. I don't know how long it will take but I am working on it.

RE: The Problem with giving away the images

vended · Sep 8, 2026

Honestly, it's not you uploading elsewhere on a different website, just shared directly to individuals. And the people who did these works are no longer around. Plus the works are captions and others things like that. I don't think the author considered it all as being *this* important. Just my two cents, though. Thanks for working on it. I'm glad it could be available again one day.