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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Vaggumon@lemm.ee to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

I use Hetzner as a seedbox and then have PLEX as my media server ran on the same hardware. It's worked perfectly fine for years. But recently PLEX says they will be blocking Hetzner hosting in the next few weeks. I've been considering moving to Jellyfin for a while, but I'm worried they will do the same thing in future.

Does anyone know if that's a real possibility?

Also, if I setup a VPN and just download stuff I torrent from my seedbox to a local PLEX server, would I be in any more risk of legal issues then I am now?

Am I looking at this completely wrong, and I should do something completely different?

To clarify what I am thinking of doing:

Keep my Hetzner as my seedbox and continue to download using my IPTorrents account. Setup a Local Plex or Jellyfin server and download from my seedbox to that local server that will be ran behind a VPN.

UPDATE: So this past weekend I did some testing and JellyFin is now my new Media Streaming software on my server. Going to take some time to learn how it works compared to PLEX, but so far things have been nearly 1 to 1. Thanks everyone for the help, I'm very grateful.

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[-] pascal@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago

Why would Plex block a specific hosting provider!?

[-] skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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[-] Schmeckinger@feddit.de 7 points 9 months ago

Large amount of people selling access to pirated stuff on hetzner servers using plex.

[-] pascal@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

Well, fuck.

I guess "that's why we can't have nice things" apply here.

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