Plex Will Block Media Servers at Abuse Prevalent Hosting Company * TorrentFreak
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Plex has informed users that it will no longer allow servers to be run at a hosting provider where lots of TOS violations occur.

In an email to customers who run Plex servers at the large German hosting company Hetzner, Plex said that access will be blocked next month. It’s not clear if Hetzner is the only hosting company this applies to, but several customers confirmed that they received the same email.

Has anyone here on Lemmy got this notice? Self-hosting is still in the green, but with this precedent who knows what Plex could do later.

  • JelloBrains
    19•10 months ago

    In recent years, copyright holders have repeatedly requested Plex to take more action against piracy.

    Their preferred method of logging into your own home server by going through their website should really give you pause when reading about how anti-piracy organizations pressure them.

    Anonymous Data

    In addition to the information described above, Plex collects anonymised data when users interact with our services. This includes:

    • Server / library data
    • DVR device information: manufacturer name and model

    There have been numerous stories over the years about how anonymized data isn’t really anonymous.