As you know it or not, an artist named Sudonym passed away last March 22nd of this year.
Out of respect, I had to wait for two months before saying this. Stuff happened in my part too.

A chatmate of mine from Twitter, who was influenced by Sudonym's artwork, asked me to help upload much of Sudonym's artwork. Mostly from his old website.
Also, he told me if anyone has files from these art packs, which are out of stock
Though it begs me to question about the ethics of uploading out of stock paywall content from a deceased artist for the sake of archiving.

What's the stance on this?

alexyorim said:
As you know it or not, an artist named Sudonym passed away last March 22nd of this year.
Out of respect, I had to wait for two months before saying this. Stuff happened in my part too.

A chatmate of mine from Twitter, who was influenced by Sudonym's artwork, asked me to help upload much of Sudonym's artwork. Mostly from his old website.
Also, he told me if anyone has files from these art packs, which are out of stock
Though it begs me to question about the ethics of uploading out of stock paywall content from a deceased artist for the sake of archiving.

What's the stance on this?

Still no, even commercial content that are out-of-stock or no longer available for purchase are prohibited.
If it has never been released to the public domain or released with the artist's permission, then it should not be posted.

The only way you can archive and post commercial artwork is by:

• (a) Requesting for permissions to repost/archive from the people who have inherited the artist's property/copyright, which may be a tough/awkward thing to do if you do not know them personally; or,
• (b) Request for them to release the artworks to the public domain by themselves.

thegreatwolfgang said:
Still no, even commercial content that are out-of-stock or no longer available for purchase are prohibited.
If it has never been released to the public domain or released with the artist's permission, then it should not be posted.

The only way you can archive and post commercial artwork is by:

• (a) Requesting for permissions to repost/archive from the people who have inherited the artist's property/copyright, which may be a tough/awkward thing to do if you do not know them personally; or,
• (b) Request for them to release the artworks to the public domain by themselves.

C: Wait seventy years, or up to one hundred, dependant on the territory.

votp said:
C: Wait seventy years, or up to one hundred, dependant on the territory.

D: Assuming the heirs are unreachable or do not exist and assuming the original artist lived in a specific set of countries with special copyright laws, have orphan work status recognised.

amigaman said:
D: Assuming the heirs are unreachable or do not exist and assuming the original artist lived in a specific set of countries with special copyright laws, have orphan work status recognised.

e: find some art that's easier to upload

strikerman said:
e: find some art that's easier to upload

F: Get banned from the Internet for piracy.