Is it a crime to share my jellyfin library with only one friend of mine? (programming.dev)

submitted 3 months ago by federino@programming.dev to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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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?

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[-] criitz@reddthat.com 28 points 3 months ago

Distributing to others is "more illegal" than consuming it yourself

[-] bizarroland@fedia.io 3 points 3 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 2 points 3 months ago

To apply that analogy: It wouldn't be against the law for your friend to watch it. If this was the case. Your court case would be different. You'd be in the role of both YouTube and the uploader here, since you operate the Jellyfin and also uploaded the movie there.