I would like to share my jellyfin movies and tv shows with my friend. I was thinking about allowing only his IP address to connect to my jellyfin server.

Is it a crime? Can I be arrested for this? I do not plan on running a mega operation for hundreds of people.

Is that ok to do?

  • verstra@programming.devEnglish
    71·
    4 months ago

    All responses are saying “it is illegal”. But is it more illegal than pirating a movie for yourself only? Would it still be illegal if you would have paid for the movie? In that case it seems like lending the dvd to a friend…

      • bizarroland@fedia.io
        2·
        4 months ago

        For instance, right now it is not against the law to watch a video on YouTube that somebody else uploaded.

        If it turns out after the fact that somebody’s intellectual property rights were violated by the original video upload, you will not be punished for that, only the original uploader can be punished for the IP violation.

    • hendrik@palaver.p3x.de
      5·
      4 months ago

      I’d say two people pirating a movie is exactly double as illegal compared to one person doing it. At least in total. And sharing a legal copy with friends is completely fine in lots of jurisdictions. I mean other terms and conditions apply… You might have to circumvent some copy protection to be able to do that, and that might be a different offense. But apart from that, it’s similar to lending them a DVD (Well, actually since you’re copying it, it’d be more like burning them a copy of one of your DVDs).