I recently got a 4k TV and so I'm really wanting to watch movies in 4k. They take up so much space that I can't really put them on a flashdrive to watch, and as there aren't any piracy streaming sites with 4k content I was thinking about using an old PC to make a media server on either plex or jellyfin.

My parents, who are okay with piracy streaming (fmovies.to) and even downloading are convinced that if I upload to a personal plex server, that it would be the same as someone uploading to a torrent website somewhere and that I will get swatted and sent to prison.

Is this a valid concern, or is it perfectly fine to upload pirated stuff to plex? Is there any chance at all that you could get into legal trouble for uploading your pirated media on plex?

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[–] sourcery@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Jellyfin runs locally unless you manually expose it to the internet. Use a reputable VPN when you download content and you'll probably be fine.

[–] HectorBarbossa99@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

awesome, I think that answers my question then. I usually just do direct downloads so as to avoid the need for a VPN, so hopefully that continues to work as well as it has thus far

[–] HectorBarbossa99@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

one more quick question- if I were to expose it to the internet, would that then open me up for legal issues, or would I still be okay?

[–] Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

You could look into setting up HTTPS, that way your traffic between the server would be encrypted.

[–] sourcery@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

As long as you don't share it with anyone I doubt it, but there is always a risk when you share content on the internet.

[–] blackstampede@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I have a jellyfin server for myself and a few friends that's available externally. Haven't been swatted yet. Just don't hand out login info to randoms on the internet, and you'll probably be fine.