Let's say I want to broadcast pirate television via the internet

LOAD Cherry · 2015-09-29 06:16:51

What's the best streaming site for the job? I wanna make an online anime channel with timetables and everything.

Imipolex G · 2015-09-29 06:18:28

is this legal

LOAD Cherry · 2015-09-29 06:19:05

Imipolex G said:
is this legal

Did that stop NeoToonami before Toonami came back on for real?

Salix Babylonika · 2015-09-29 06:22:10

NeoToonami was a comparatively huge operation, tho.

LOAD Cherry · 2015-09-29 06:28:05

That bears only upon feasability, not legality.

Point being, I'm looking for a streaming service that can handle this kinda load (also, a computer which can handle this load would be important, but minor setbacks)

Salix Babylonika · 2015-09-29 06:35:56

honestly I have no idea

Justin.tv before it was shut down

Sex Grips · 2015-09-29 17:25:55

If you can get your hands on an API to handle streamed video input, you could probably just use that+a server and send info to it from, like, OBS (Open Broadcasting Service). Two nodes, but I'm also not a networking guy.

Also, I wish you the best. On the internet, copyright infringement is more rigorously enforced than action taken to ruin people's lives.

Section42L · 2015-09-29 19:20:19

Toonami Aftermath is still around.

You should go ask them how they pull it off.

Sredni Vashtar · 2015-09-29 19:46:58

Running a pirate station is a pretty intensive operation. You would probably need collaborators, people to handle things like programming (the non-computer-y kind) and site maintenance. That, and it would behove you to be broadcasting things that generally cannot be found elsewhere—unlicensed foreign shows, out-of-circulation material, et cetera.

But really, this is just toeing the line of our legality rules. Keep that in mind.

Princess Alice · 2015-09-29 20:17:23

...we have legality rules?

Imipolex G · 2015-09-29 20:19:07

^the princess is not above the law.

Klinotaxis · 2015-09-29 20:25:09

vanilla TOS says use has to be in line with "all applicable laws and regulations" but i think just talking about committing crimes is legal

Section42L · 2015-09-29 20:25:30

I thought we don't have to follow Vanilla TOS since we're on our own server.

Sredni Vashtar · 2015-09-29 20:29:15

Uh, yeah, we do. Not super strict ones—I am pretty sure nobody cares if I download out-of-print Hafler Trio albums or help my friends make weed tinctures in my spare time, and I think I can say that openly—but this is entering a bigger grey area wherein plausible deniability becomes an issue.

Mostly this policy is, I think, meant to encompass actual crimes rather than silly stuff like this, but I want to avoid anyone here getting implicated in some bullshit and having this as "evidence."

lee4hmz · 2015-09-29 23:31:20

If anything, we're under Linode's TOS, which is pretty liberal (I doubt they'd get on us for discussing piracy; hosting bootlegs, that'd be different). That said, it's never a good idea to incriminate yourself.

Sredni Vashtar · 2015-09-29 23:34:53

I was talking to Centie, by the way. Missed Klino and Section's posts. What Lee said is more concise and ultimately more useful here, but my concern remains.

Although I will freely admit that having a mini TV station would be really cool.

LOAD Cherry · 2015-09-30 04:05:48

Fair enough on all counts

Let's say I want to broadcast pirate television via the internet

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