Plex themselves aren't doing the sharing
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Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months agoI’m just seeing you can share libraries. How has plex not been DMCA’d out of existence?
ripcord@kbin.social 7 months ago
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
And DVD Jon wasn’t decrypting DVDs
ripcord@kbin.social 7 months ago
Yes he was. He decrypted DVDs which was the thing he got in trouble for.
Also breaking encryption is legally different than copyright infringement
vox@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
they are proxying the data tho
foggy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m guessing because it’s not illegal. Their users are the ones breaking the law. Like reddit or Facebook, the platform isn’t held liable for the illegal activity it promotes.
Amanduh@kbin.social 7 months ago
No idea I've never used it I just know some people who use it
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Plex isn’t hosting the illegal content and that which they are hosting they properly license. Plex in particular is pushimg harder and harder to host content for you, instead of you hosting your own.
Officially, the ‘personal media server’ side of things is for sharing home videos/pictures, not commercialized content. (this applies to Plex, Emby, and Jellyfin)
It’s the users/server operators responsibly to have the correct licensing for whatever they are hosting to others.
Evilcoleslaw@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Also Plex has been cozying up to media companies and the more they do the more action they’ve taken. Banning whole hosting providers (Hetzner) and even banning some small-time users running small servers.