Ive been wanting to make my own home media server for a bit now along with doing some other things, but how do i do it can i use any tech device as a media server, do i buy a bunch of dvds and digitize them. what exactly are the steps that need to be taken?

    • CVGPi@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      I don’t understand. Can you please explain? from a Canadian Vancouverite

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        Downloading pirated material isn’t illegal in Canada, sharing it is. Usenet can be configured to use port 443 so everything is encrypted and appears as HTTPS traffic to your ISP. There is also no uploading/seeding with Usenet, unlike torrents so it is 100% legal in Canada.

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          It’s definitely illegal to download some things. Copying audio to audio recording media is legal because of a levy we pay on the media, but software, movies, books are a different story.

          What constitutes “audio recording medium” is still a question not completely answered by the courts and it seems that most copyright owners are not willing to test it in court and more than happy to just threaten with options to settle before legal action is taken and see who flinches.

          Meanwhile the authorities have stated in the past that going after downloaders of any copyrighted material is not a priority unless they are also distributing copyrighted works.

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      1 year ago

      im kind of amazed thats still a thing. I wonder if you can still get stuff through IRC