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But why? I'll assume the media mentioned in the article that's stored is illegal. From the cost of that home server you could very likely legally watch everyth

But why? I'll assume the media mentioned in the article that's stored is illegal. From the cost of that home server you could very likely legally watch everything and actually support financing the creation of new stuff. Even if that's not true, how many of the movies you watched do you watch more than once? And 24 TB? How do you find time to watch that much stuff?

XorNot 11y ago
> how many of the movies you watched do you watch more than once If I don't watch it more then once, why would I keep it at all, or need a media server in the first place? All your statements contradict each other.
glogla 11y ago
Given the author talks about "workplace", I would more expect something like storing his own videos and photos (4k and RAW are huge), instead of digital hoarding of pirated media.
- soylentcola 11y ago
  Yep. I have a more modest setup but the amount of media I've ripped from owned CDs/DVDs and the number of raw photos far outweighs the handful of pirated movies I've picked up over the years. Mainly I use my NAS as a bit of protection against losing those files that would be difficult or impossible to recover if my local storage in the workstation failed. Online backup is good too but for quicker or more frequent access, a NAS fills the gap nicely. The other big storage hog is security cam video. There are occasional reports of burglaries in my neighborhood and sometimes I just like to know if a package was ever dropped off or someone bumped the car while parallel parking. So I picked up a couple of inexpensive IP cameras and rather than shelling out monthly for some unreliable and potentially insecure "cloud" storage plan, I use Synology's Surveillance Station IP cam software to manage recording, playback, and storage of camera footage. The amount of space on the NAS means I can easily keep a week or more worth of recordings from both cameras and with the actual NAS being stashed away out of easy view, it's unlikely to be stolen in the event of a burglary. Granted I could include those files in online storage but currently I don't have it set up that way. Either way, the point is that many modern homes have plenty of sources of large files outside of pirated movies that can make a NAS useful.
alternize 11y ago
> you could very likely legally watch everything this might be true if you live in the US, but in some other countries it is still hard to actually buy movies or tv shows. as for the legality itself: in some countries downloading media itself for personal use is not illegal. for example in switzerland, there is a media tax/fee included in the price of every device that potentially could store pirated materials. the income from this tax is then distributed to media producers and artists. in return, copying copyrighted material is tolerated for private use and consumption... this excludes redistribution and uploading.
- legulere 11y ago
  > this might be true if you live in the US, but in some other countries it is still hard to actually buy movies or tv shows. I actually live in Germany, and you also can't get everything here, so this is true for me as well. Sometimes you simply have to accept that something is not available. It's not like there's not enough media out there. > in some countries downloading media itself for personal use is not illegal. But offering the download you use is still illegal. But that's all just semantics and doesn't matter that much. What I find more important is the moral issue. > for example in switzerland, there is a media tax/fee included in the price of every device that potentially could store pirated materials. the income from this tax is then distributed to media producers and artists. in return, copying copyrighted material is tolerated for private use and consumption... We have a very similar fee in Germany and it's there to allow normal copying in personal use (something that would be called fair use in the US). I guess the swiss fee is there for the same reason and is not there to allow people to get the majority of their media for no additional money. The fee most likely is not enough to finance the media producers and artists. Why spend it on hardware when you can give it to the people that produce what you enjoy?

XorNot 11y ago

> how many of the movies you watched do you watch more than once If I don't watch it more then once, why would I keep it at all, or need a media server in the first place? All your statements contradict each other.

glogla 11y ago

Given the author talks about "workplace", I would more expect something like storing his own videos and photos (4k and RAW are huge), instead of digital hoarding of pirated media.

soylentcola 11y ago
Yep. I have a more modest setup but the amount of media I've ripped from owned CDs/DVDs and the number of raw photos far outweighs the handful of pirated movies I've picked up over the years. Mainly I use my NAS as a bit of protection against losing those files that would be difficult or impossible to recover if my local storage in the workstation failed. Online backup is good too but for quicker or more frequent access, a NAS fills the gap nicely. The other big storage hog is security cam video. There are occasional reports of burglaries in my neighborhood and sometimes I just like to know if a package was ever dropped off or someone bumped the car while parallel parking. So I picked up a couple of inexpensive IP cameras and rather than shelling out monthly for some unreliable and potentially insecure "cloud" storage plan, I use Synology's Surveillance Station IP cam software to manage recording, playback, and storage of camera footage. The amount of space on the NAS means I can easily keep a week or more worth of recordings from both cameras and with the actual NAS being stashed away out of easy view, it's unlikely to be stolen in the event of a burglary. Granted I could include those files in online storage but currently I don't have it set up that way. Either way, the point is that many modern homes have plenty of sources of large files outside of pirated movies that can make a NAS useful.

alternize 11y ago

> you could very likely legally watch everything this might be true if you live in the US, but in some other countries it is still hard to actually buy movies or tv shows. as for the legality itself: in some countries downloading media itself for personal use is not illegal. for example in switzerland, there is a media tax/fee included in the price of every device that potentially could store pirated materials. the income from this tax is then distributed to media producers and artists. in return, copying copyrighted material is tolerated for private use and consumption... this excludes redistribution and uploading.

legulere 11y ago
> this might be true if you live in the US, but in some other countries it is still hard to actually buy movies or tv shows. I actually live in Germany, and you also can't get everything here, so this is true for me as well. Sometimes you simply have to accept that something is not available. It's not like there's not enough media out there. > in some countries downloading media itself for personal use is not illegal. But offering the download you use is still illegal. But that's all just semantics and doesn't matter that much. What I find more important is the moral issue. > for example in switzerland, there is a media tax/fee included in the price of every device that potentially could store pirated materials. the income from this tax is then distributed to media producers and artists. in return, copying copyrighted material is tolerated for private use and consumption... We have a very similar fee in Germany and it's there to allow normal copying in personal use (something that would be called fair use in the US). I guess the swiss fee is there for the same reason and is not there to allow people to get the majority of their media for no additional money. The fee most likely is not enough to finance the media producers and artists. Why spend it on hardware when you can give it to the people that produce what you enjoy?