Kodi and Piracy

[Cleoriff]

I know this subect was touched on in a thread about a specific WiFi box but BBC  released a news item yesterday...

Many of us have these wifi boxes with Kodi installed. I have two... 1 in Spain and 1 upstairs....

A cheap convenient way for a lot of us.
I suppose it was only a matter of time before all the free streaming of channels and films was pounced on by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT)
They say...

"Tackling the use of Kodi and other set-top box software to stream pirated videos is now the top priority for rights-holders, a report says.

Some boxes or "TV sticks" support software add-ons that can stream subscription movies, sport and TV channels over the internet for free.

The Federation Against Copyright Theft (Fact) said about half of its current investigations concerned the devices.

It said boxes configured to receive premium content for free were illegal"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37508235

[viridis]

Once they started streaming films, it's inevitable that fact will pounce on it.
Who knows how they'll tackle it tho

[Cairdeas]

Ouch.. Inevitable I guess. So it's the add ons really that make it illegal. Not looking good though x

[MI5]

Watch isp's being forced into blocking the sites.

[gmarkj]

It's getting the same way as torrents.
There will be ways round it (using VPNs) and as with anything like this as soon as a method is locked down a new way surfaces.
The biggest issue is the one of cost. My Virgin service has just been bumped £4/month without anything being changed. This is the 2nd time this year.
More annoyingly they have added "services" that don't work unless you have further subscriptions (Netflix) - for example, if you asked for a series link it only showed up when something was recorded. Now it shows any old episodes on Netflix too, but you can't watch them. What's the point in that?!?

[Anonymous]

I cant blame people for using these boxes.

Most people pay an extortionate amount of money a month to Sky or Virgin for terribly compressed blocky channels they claim are HD.

When providers broadcast native HD and 4K, i will happily pay for the service.......and don't even get me started on the licence fee

[viridis]

Virgin rang up earlier, offered me an upgrade to the movie channels for 17 extra a month.
17 extra, just for a few channels.

[Cleoriff]

To be honest I am still confused as to what we may lose. These are ANDROID boxes and I have downloaded stuff from the Playstore (including FilmOn ) which allows me access to UK TV channels whilst in Spain

There is a separate section for Kodi in the box layout. I never access that at all.

Mobdro was installed directly from the Mobdro website after I allowed 'Unknown Sources' in the wifi box settings.....

[MI5]

"Kodi" is just the generic name for the boxes.
Streaming premium content services without paying is what they are talking about, regardless of which app you use.

[Cleoriff]

Ok...then I will argue this. I have Mobdro on my Windows PC. Also on my Tablet and my phone. I did NOT use Kodi to get these downloaded. Where do I stand with that?. Does anyone know for sure... or are we just making an 'educated' guess?