Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025)

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025) by dmonitor on Monday March 31, 2025 @04:21PM (#43539474)

It's a shame that apps like these are "illegal". There's so much fun innovation to be had.

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025) by mhuffman on Monday March 31, 2025 @04:51PM (#43539835)

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.

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025) by mvieira38 on Monday March 31, 2025 @04:22PM (#43539490)

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

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (March 2025) by mhuffman on Monday March 31, 2025 @04:53PM (#43539853)

I think this is the way to think about it. Mine was a desktop application with no central server.

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