Kodi boxes to be banned?

[driller]

BBC start challenge.

Will this apply to downloads not on preloaded boxes?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37474595

 

[boik]

BBC start challenge.

Will this apply to downloads not on preloaded boxes?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37474595

Surely a non-starter? Kodi itself does nothing illegal, and I'm guessing no-one is stupid enough to sell these boxes with the piracy add-ons fully loaded?

 

[mothy]

Surely a non-starter? Kodi itself does nothing illegal, and I'm guessing no-one is stupid enough to sell these boxes with the piracy add-ons fully loaded?

They do. You can buy them with set ups so it's like having channels on normal TV / satellite

What's it got to do with the BBC - their stuff is free anyway.

I've got Kodi on my phone, laptop & nexus TV = I haven't got a box..

 

[halbpro]

Surely a non-starter? Kodi itself does nothing illegal, and I'm guessing no-one is stupid enough to sell these boxes with the piracy add-ons fully loaded?

Quoting the article

Some traders sell Kodi boxes preloaded with such third-party add-ons that can access pirated content. It is the sale of these "fully-loaded" boxes that is the subject of a legal case.

So clearly they do. No one is stopping the sale of all boxes, just those with piracy stuff available from the off.

 

[mothy]

Quoting the article



So clearly they do. No one is stopping the sale of all boxes, just those with piracy stuff available from the off.

Fact is you can do it yourself for free - rather than pay someone else & then you can keep it updated.

If you buy a pre-loaded box often you need to go back to them to sort it out when links go fish

 

[Dick Swiveller]

What's it got to do with the BBC - their stuff is free anyway.

The link in the link says that it is Middlesborough council prosecuting him and I can see no reference to the BBC so I don't know where he OP got that from.

 

[boik]

Quoting the article



So clearly they do. No one is stopping the sale of all boxes, just those with piracy stuff available from the off.

Ah, my speed reading is not up to scratch. In that case they deserve to be prosecuted. Don't get me wrong, I love Kodi (although mostly use OSMC on Pis), but selling them in that state is stupid.

 

[beorhthelm]

prediction: action against this trader will be successful, and they'll start going after others selling/advertising the features to access sky etc. sale of the boxes themselves will not be affected as they have a legitimate, non-circumvention purpose. this is supported in case law back to the original tape-tape decks.

 

[Mr Smggles]

They do. You can buy them with set ups so it's like having channels on normal TV / satellite

What's it got to do with the BBC - their stuff is free anyway.

I've got Kodi on my phone, laptop & nexus TV = I haven't got a box..

Last time I checked I was paying £140 a year for use of the BBC.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

Damit I've only just got mine, fully loaded

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[Buzzer]

Damit I've only just got mine, fully loaded

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I think we'll be fine, matey. They are looking to block the sale of new ones, I can't see that there's much they can do to stop the existing ones except work with Amazon to bugger up the app with an update sometime in the future but if you turn off Amazon updates then there's sod all they can do. All the streams are sourced from abroad anyway.