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.

  • stonedemoman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    9 months ago

    I don’t disagree with your definitions of legality, but I do disagree fundamentally that ripping a movie should be under the same umbrella of piracy if the intent is not to distribute.

    Even blurays that offer a bonus “digital copy” are redeemed through a third-party that packs it with DRM so you can’t use it for your own media server. How are they even supposed to enforce this absolute assanine law that I can’t watch the damn movie that I bought on my own terms?

    • RBGEnglish
      12·
      9 months ago

      Just to be clear, I don’t support this definition either, its stupid.

      Technically often making a copy is not illegal, but breaking DRM is. Unfortunately almost everything comes with DRM so in consequence rippping becomes indirectly illegal. At least in Germany this is the case.

      • FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        11·
        9 months ago

        I mean if you want to go full technical here, your dvd/bluray player is breaking the DRM as well.

        Edit: Ignore this, I am a dumbass.

        • RBGEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          No it is not. Those players usually come with a purchased license to unlock the DRM. If you try and play them on a laptop you need a player software that has the same type of license. Try opening a disc like that on your PC with a freshly installed VLC player, it won’t work. There you need to break DRM by adding the famous libraries like libdvdcss and what else they are called.