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PeerTube is a decentralized and federated alternative to YouTube. The goal of PeerTube is not to replace YouTube but to offer a viable alternative using the str

PeerTube is a decentralized and federated alternative to YouTube. The goal of PeerTube is not to replace YouTube but to offer a viable alternative using the strength of P2P and WebTorrent protocols. Being built on ActivityPub means PeerTube is able to be part of a bigger social network, the Fediverse (the Federated Universe). On the other hand, P2P technologies help PeerTube to solve the issue of money, inbound with all streaming platform : With PeerTube, you don't need to have a lot of bandwidth available on your server to host a PeerTube instances because all users (which didn't disable the feature) watching a video on PeerTube will be able to share this same video to other viewers. If you are curious about PeerTube, I can't recommend you enough to check the official website to learn more about the project. If after that you want to try to use PeerTube as a content creator, you can try to find an instance available there to register or host yourself your own PeerTube instance on your own server. The development of PeerTube is actually sponsored by Framasoft, a french non-for-profit popular educational organization, a group of friends convinced that an emancipating digital world is possible, convinced that it will arise through actual actions on real world and online with and for you! Framasoft is also involved in the development of Mobilizon, a decentralized and federated alternative to Facebook Events. If you want to contribute to PeerTube, feel free to: report bugs and give your feedback on Github (https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/) or on our forums (https://framacolibri.org/c/peertube/38) submit your brillant ideas on our Feedback platform (https://ideas.joinpeertube.org/) Help to translate the software, following the contributing guide (https://docs.joinpeertube.org/contribute-getting-started?id=translate) Make a donation to help to pay bills inbound in the development of PeerTube. (https://support.joinpeertube.org/en/)

TheBigRoomXXL 4y ago
Framasoft, such an amazing association!
jimbob45 4y ago
Is there a solution to being liable for distributing illegal/immoral content as a peer on PeerTube? That's what's keeping me away.
- cortesoft 4y ago
  Wouldn’t you only distribute illegal/immoral content if you were watching it? You only distribute things you yourself are streaming.
  - remram 4y ago
    I think they might be talking about hosting a PeerTube server with open registration? And so random people might publish illegal content via their server?
    - 3np 4y ago
      If this is a concern: don't do open registration without approval. See also: Running a public WiFi hotspot.
  - deleted 4y ago
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  - blitzar 4y ago
    I like to watch, I just dont want the liability of providing it to other people.
- blendergeek 4y ago
  > Is there a solution to being liable for distributing illegal/immoral content as a peer on PeerTube? I believe you misunderstand the technology. There are two components of Peertube. The server you either self-host or you use someone else's. If you are hosting a server and you host other people's content, you register for liability protection under section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and section 512 of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. The client is where the "peer" in peertube comes in. If you want to be safe from liability, don't watch illegal/immoral content. You will be fine.
  - BeetleB 4y ago
    > If you want to be safe from liability, don't watch illegal/immoral content. You will be fine. This is naive. I don't necessarily know that the content is illegal until I've started playing it. By that point I may have already shared it. Same issue with any p2p, I guess. You could start downloading a file with a harmless name and later discover it was a fake name.

TheBigRoomXXL 4y ago

Framasoft, such an amazing association!

jimbob45 4y ago

Is there a solution to being liable for distributing illegal/immoral content as a peer on PeerTube? That's what's keeping me away.

cortesoft 4y ago
Wouldn’t you only distribute illegal/immoral content if you were watching it? You only distribute things you yourself are streaming.
- remram 4y ago
  I think they might be talking about hosting a PeerTube server with open registration? And so random people might publish illegal content via their server?
  - 3np 4y ago
    If this is a concern: don't do open registration without approval. See also: Running a public WiFi hotspot.
- deleted 4y ago
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- blitzar 4y ago
  I like to watch, I just dont want the liability of providing it to other people.
blendergeek 4y ago
> Is there a solution to being liable for distributing illegal/immoral content as a peer on PeerTube? I believe you misunderstand the technology. There are two components of Peertube. The server you either self-host or you use someone else's. If you are hosting a server and you host other people's content, you register for liability protection under section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and section 512 of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. The client is where the "peer" in peertube comes in. If you want to be safe from liability, don't watch illegal/immoral content. You will be fine.
- BeetleB 4y ago
  > If you want to be safe from liability, don't watch illegal/immoral content. You will be fine. This is naive. I don't necessarily know that the content is illegal until I've started playing it. By that point I may have already shared it. Same issue with any p2p, I guess. You could start downloading a file with a harmless name and later discover it was a fake name.