My good ol 2+ year Plex server host has been banned again. I have given up on this, I do not have access to an obscure server with few customers that will avoid future bans.

What’s the platform of choice moving forward? Need wife-approval factor. Emby and Jellyfin? Where can I source servers? Reddit has made these hard to find and I haven’t found a good community here.

  • @magnusrufus@lemmy.world
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    29 months ago

    which almost always means its illegal since ripping your own discs is mostly piracy too, legally speaking

    Is this actually the case?

    • @Banzai51@midwest.social
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      39 months ago

      Hasn’t been tested in this context. But if you’re sharing it, that puts you in another set of legal cross hairs.

      • RBG
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        29 months ago

        So I clarified this in another post, and I admit I only know German law on this but ripping is technically legal for a private copy, but you are not allowed to break DRM for it. So indirectly it makes it fully illegal since almost nothing comes without DRM anymore.

        • @Banzai51@midwest.social
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          29 months ago

          In the US it is more breaking the DRM is applicable to the software/hardware used to break DRM. Against US citizens that break DRM for their own personal use hasn’t been tested and most legal experts seem to argue it is fair use as long as you don’t share.