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Personal Media & Legal Use

Norri is media server software designed to help you organize, stream, and enjoy your personal media collection. This page clarifies our position on legal and appropriate use.

What Norri Is For

Norri is designed to serve media that you:

  • Own — DVDs, Blu-rays, digital purchases you’ve ripped or downloaded
  • Have rights to — Content you’ve created, licensed, or have permission to use
  • Have legally obtained — Purchases from iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, etc.

What Norri Is Not

Norri is not:

  • A source of content — We don’t provide, host, or link to any media
  • A downloading tool — We don’t include torrent clients, Usenet, or any acquisition features
  • A circumvention tool — We don’t bypass DRM or copy protection

Norri is a neutral tool, like a media player or file manager. What you do with it is your responsibility.

User Accounts & Remote Access

Norri allows you to create multiple user accounts and stream remotely. This is designed for legitimate use cases:

Household Sharing

  • Family members in different rooms or locations
  • A student away at university accessing the family library
  • A partner travelling for work

This is no different from lending someone a DVD or letting them use your Netflix profile — except you maintain control of your own library.

Personal Access

  • Watching your media from work, a hotel, or while travelling
  • Accessing your library from a second home
  • Streaming to your phone or tablet away from home

What We Don’t Support

We don’t condone or support:

  • Sharing access with strangers or the public
  • Operating a commercial streaming service
  • Distributing copyrighted content you don’t have rights to

Our Responsibility

As software developers, we:

  • Provide tools for legitimate personal use
  • Don’t police how you use the software
  • Don’t have access to your server or library
  • Can’t see what content you have or who you share with

You are responsible for ensuring you have the legal right to the content in your library and that your sharing practices comply with applicable laws in your jurisdiction.

Frequently Asked Questions

In many jurisdictions, making personal backup copies of media you own is legal under fair use or similar provisions. However, circumventing copy protection (DRM) may be illegal in some places, even for personal use. Laws vary by country — research your local regulations.

Can I share my library with friends?

Technically, yes — Norri doesn’t prevent this. Legally, this depends on your jurisdiction and the terms under which you acquired the content. Generally, sharing outside your household may not be covered by personal use exceptions.

What if someone accuses me of piracy?

Norri is software. Using it is not illegal. If you’re accused of copyright infringement, that’s a matter between you and the accuser — we can’t help or intervene, as we have no knowledge of or access to your library.

How is this different from Plex/Jellyfin?

It isn’t, legally speaking. All media server software operates on the same principle: you provide the content, the software helps you access it. We’re not unique in this regard.

Summary

Norri is a tool. Like a hammer, it can build or destroy — that’s not the hammer’s fault. We’ve built Norri for people who want to enjoy their personal media collections conveniently and privately. Use it responsibly and legally.