(Apologies if this isn’t the right place to post this—happy to remove if needed.)
With the recent DMCA takedowns and copyright claims reportedly hitting the Calvin and Hobbes subreddit on Reddit—mainly from GoComics/Andrews McMeel—I’m wondering how calvinandhobbes@lemmy.world handles these kinds of concerns?
Reddit’s C&H sub had to purge years of shared comic panels and memes due to GoComics enforcing their rights under the DMCA. Given that Lemmy is a federated, open-source alternative with different infrastructure and visibility, I’m curious:
Does this community have a stance or policy on posting actual strips or screenshots of Calvin and Hobbes? Has anyone here run into similar DMCA threats or copyright takedowns?
Would love to hear how the mods or longtime members view this—especially as Lemmy communities grow and draw more attention.
Do we tell the Redditors to come here?
We could.
Or at least contact the sub’s mods to let them know that this community exists.
I also saw some sub users mention potentially creating a Discord.
It could be worth a shot. As an active member of this community and moderator of OKBR, would you be comfortable reaching out to the subreddit moderators?
There are some “Why not Discord?” counterarguments in this post which might be helpful: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/37336391
Ik that u/The_PhilosopherKing (the head of the three OKBRo mods) knows about both of the comms, because I commented both of the comms, and they responded that they already knew about the Lemmy version of OKBRo from searches.