← Back to context Comment by dmonitor 18 days ago It's a shame that apps like these are "illegal". There's so much fun innovation to be had. 3 comments dmonitor Reply mhuffman 18 days ago I don't think the apps themselves are illegal any more than VLC is illegal. You could likely watch something on the app that is illegal depending on where you live. mvieira38 18 days ago Maybe the legality is clearer if they are self hostable? Then all the liability is on the user who downloaded the movies in the first place mhuffman 18 days ago I think this is the way to think about it. Mine was a desktop application with no central server.
mhuffman 18 days ago I don't think the apps themselves are illegal any more than VLC is illegal. You could likely watch something on the app that is illegal depending on where you live.
mvieira38 18 days ago Maybe the legality is clearer if they are self hostable? Then all the liability is on the user who downloaded the movies in the first place mhuffman 18 days ago I think this is the way to think about it. Mine was a desktop application with no central server.
mhuffman 18 days ago I think this is the way to think about it. Mine was a desktop application with no central server.
I don't think the apps themselves are illegal any more than VLC is illegal. You could likely watch something on the app that is illegal depending on where you live.
Maybe the legality is clearer if they are self hostable? Then all the liability is on the user who downloaded the movies in the first place
I think this is the way to think about it. Mine was a desktop application with no central server.