Also a website.: https://www.justwatch.com/
Just yesterday I was thinking about an old movie I watched as a kid: The Wilderness Family. According to IMDB there were two sequels which I never saw. So looking around I found that Tubi.tv is the only place streaming the first and third movie, but not a single place is streaming the second. Why would you get rights to the first and third, but not all of them? Crazy. Buying it on DVD or Blu-ray is the safest option.
Can we get some advanced warning before this update is pushed out, so we can disable automatic updating until such time as we can move out of Plex and into a different environment, please?
Partnering with a big media corp like Warner Bros is simply unacceptable to me, from a privacy standpoint. I won’t continue to support Plex if this is forced and not some kind of optional opt-in addon or something.
While not an answer to your specific question, you are able to opt out of all of Plex’s current online media sources, if desired:
Settings -> Online Media Sources and select Edit for the source you’d like to disable.
It seems likely that the same will be possible for Warner Brothers and Lionsgate.
I’m ok with it being an add-on that you have to download / opt in. I’m talking about not updating if it’s built into the core media server product.
Just disable auto-updates now then? Why wait.
I really like this thought. I would happily watch some ads before and after a movie if it meant I could stream it on-demand without any interruptions or upfront costs, or the fact that I don’t have it in my library mattering.
Did you read the article linked to that? It assumes that everyone using Plex is pirating content.
Because what’s on Plex servers is populated by people, most of the commercial content you’d find there is probably pirated.
The Verge is a piece of crap media outlet honestly… It takes nothing more than a quick google search to learn this… Also, it depends on the definition of “Piracy” they’re using. Some people believe that making a Digital Backup of your owned content is Piracy… Others believe this is a perfectly legitimate act. Also, technically, if you’re creating a backup, and sharing it with someone, that could be considered piracy (A case could be made for it). But honestly, I wouldn’t take anything that one-step-short-of-a-tabloid “news outlet” has to say very seriously at all…
Which is probably true?
All I need to see are the names of some of these horrifically named files nobody can get to work - to know where they came from…
90% YellowBeard across the Plex Ecosystem isn’t a stretch of the imagination - at all (I use FileBot - only my hairdresser knows for sure).
Shiver Me Timbers!
(Well, let’s say 50% - we only see the file names that won’t work)
This is literally piracy in the US. It’s a legal definition, not a moral one.
Movie piracy is the act of selling, acquiring, or distributing copyrighted films.
Whether this pertains to my friend or family member being able to stream from me remains to be seen. I am not “distributing” it, or giving the copy to them, I am allowing them use of my library, much in the same way I would loan out a BluRay or DVD… It’s a matter of perspective, and cases could be made either way, was my point…
Buying a DVD does not give you rights to stream a copy of it, just as you can’t buy a DVD and charge people to view it. The law is very, very clear that making a digital copy of copyrighted media and loaning a physical copy are very different things. This isn’t perspective, this is long-established law. (though I agree the laws suck!)
But I can charge people to view/rent my DVD. That’s precisely how Redbox operates. They do not have licensing, and they do not buy/get advanced copies from studios, they have a team of people who buy the DVDs, BluRays, and Games from Target, Walmart, Best Buy, etc and then go and fill their machines…
Excerpt from news article:
It takes advantage of the first sale provision in U.S. copyright law, which enables a purchaser of a copyrighted work to dispose of it in any way — sell, rent, lend, give away, throw away — without any involvement from the copyright owner. The studios have been concerned that Redbox DVD and Blu-ray rentals cut into their sales of those products.
You can read the entire article here: https://copyrightandtechnology.com/2018/03/05/judges-ruling-in-redbox-case-raises-concerns-for-physical-digital-content-bundles/
So while technically correct, I could not buy a DVD and then Use a Projector at a large venue and charge entry to that venue, I can charge a rental fee and mandate a return of the item. Streaming (as long as not charging for it) is not specifically targeted in the copyright laws either, unless running a commercial streaming service (as far as I know). Streaming among friends and family is a current legal grey area as far as I know… Though I am willing to read more if you have evidence to the contrary
Everything fun is either illegal or causes cancer.
I plan to have fun - no matter what.
When I go to Prison I hope I have cancer - that’ll teach 'em.
Yay…I guess?
I just don’t want it to affect my own media or restrict what else I can do within Plex. As a lifetime Plex Pass holder I really don’t want to switch to Kodi…
Or, how about work on features that people ARE actually asking for?
@elan So this article is pure BS then? Wish to clarify?
“Besides providing access for advertisers and agencies to new audiences, Plex is pledging to be more generous than other AVOD providers in sending user data back to content companies.”
I don’t want to switch ether…
But it may just come down to that…
Way I see it is that Warner Bros needs users to kick off their new streaming service.
and us Plex users are just that,
Then they will advertise there Plex streaming service that has already X number of users,
Soon there user base will support the online service and not need the Plex only users if there are any. and by that time it may not be just ad-supported any longer.
The biggest problem is that in the last few years Plex has made it almost impossible for us users to be self reliant. Access for the most part now requires an online connection to Plex.
Just in case one may want to hold onto Version 0.9.907.429-f80a8d6 of Plex
Based on the last couple years it seems likely Plex is in need of extra income beyond what Plex Pass can provide. We need to think up at least one money making features for every two non-money making features we want.
