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How about a huge collection of offline digital medias and an Intranet that connects the sailors on the ship? That might help a bit?

knowitnone 2y ago
that solves 1 of the three content types. the other two are "check sports scores, text home" which an intranet would not solve.
- lostmsu 2y ago
  I'd assume "text home" is the one that's explicitly against the rules no matter the method.
miki123211 2y ago
Most media that your average person is interested in can't legally be obtained for offline consumption. Your average techie can get around that by using Jellyfin, Sonarr/Radarr, Torrent trackers and such, but the military has to follow the law. THe fact that ships travel around the world doesn't make this easier. Even if the Pentagon could make a deal with most of the major U.S. streaming services to provide their content to the military in a secure, offline fashion, which they probably could, those companies are often prohibited from distributing that content outside U.S. borders due to exclusivity agreements.
- eNV25 2y ago
  I was on a ferry from Barcelona to Mallorca. They had a movies, magazines and newspapers on what looks like an intranet app. It probably works the same way an airplane's in-flight entertainment. The US Navy could have their own version of that.
- markus_zhang 2y ago
  Man I thought the companies that hold legal rights of those medias (movies and shows and games) have some special deals with the army. They should!
- friendlyHornet 2y ago
  But how can airlines have almost every movie, TV Show and music album on their airplanes? I recently flew on long flight with Qatar Airways and their library is massive. Almost any movie, show or album I could think of was in there
- lxgr 2y ago
  Why wouldn't it be possible to individually pre-purchase media before deployment? Purchased (i.e. not rented) media on at least iTunes/Apple TV/Apple Music/Kindle etc. are usable offline indefinitely.

knowitnone 2y ago

that solves 1 of the three content types. the other two are "check sports scores, text home" which an intranet would not solve.

lostmsu 2y ago
I'd assume "text home" is the one that's explicitly against the rules no matter the method.

miki123211 2y ago

Most media that your average person is interested in can't legally be obtained for offline consumption. Your average techie can get around that by using Jellyfin, Sonarr/Radarr, Torrent trackers and such, but the military has to follow the law. THe fact that ships travel around the world doesn't make this easier. Even if the Pentagon could make a deal with most of the major U.S. streaming services to provide their content to the military in a secure, offline fashion, which they probably could, those companies are often prohibited from distributing that content outside U.S. borders due to exclusivity agreements.

eNV25 2y ago
I was on a ferry from Barcelona to Mallorca. They had a movies, magazines and newspapers on what looks like an intranet app. It probably works the same way an airplane's in-flight entertainment. The US Navy could have their own version of that.
markus_zhang 2y ago
Man I thought the companies that hold legal rights of those medias (movies and shows and games) have some special deals with the army. They should!
friendlyHornet 2y ago
But how can airlines have almost every movie, TV Show and music album on their airplanes? I recently flew on long flight with Qatar Airways and their library is massive. Almost any movie, show or album I could think of was in there
lxgr 2y ago
Why wouldn't it be possible to individually pre-purchase media before deployment? Purchased (i.e. not rented) media on at least iTunes/Apple TV/Apple Music/Kindle etc. are usable offline indefinitely.