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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[–] Kahnza@fedia.io 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Plex content resides on your PC. You're not uploading it anywhere. I use Plex for old TV shows. Hosted on my laptop, it streams over Wifi to my Firestick.

[–] HectorBarbossa99@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

oh nice, that makes loads of sense, thanks. So it is only usable on your home network and can't be accessed anywhere outside of it?

[–] buckethead@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can turn on/off remote access. I have mine on and have for years, haven't been swatted yet lol

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

great, that is comforting to hear. Thanks!

[–] Kahnza@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It can be if you set it up for it, and pay for a Plex Pass. And it would be encrypted and password protected. Randoms wouldn't be able to access it unless you gave them your login.

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

awesome. I really appreciate your help!