Matrix Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Companies including Sony have been doing their best to shut down developers who create Kodi add-ons that facilitate access to infringing content. Given this background, it's perhaps a little surprising that Sony Australia is recommending users of its Android TVs to download Kodi to access addons "that provide access to popular internet streaming media services." Despite always operating within the law, the team behind the popular Kodi media player have found themselves at the middle of huge piracy controversy. While a stock Kodi installation is entirely legal, millions of users install special third-party add-ons that grant access to huge libraries of infringing content. This isn’t recommended by the official Kodi team but there’s little doubt that most Kodi users now connect the media player with free movies, TV shows, and live sports. To counter this threat, the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment – a coalition of 30 media giants including the MPAA, Netflix, Amazon, Disney, and Sony – has been targeting developers of third-party add-ons that provide access to infringing content. Many have stopped their activities following legal threats but the ecosystem remains lively and as a result, Kodi remains popular with the public. With this in mind, it’s perhaps a little surprising that Sony Australia is actively encouraging users of its range of Android-based smart TVs to install Kodi on their devices. As the image from Sony’s website shows, the company not only places Kodi in the number one spot for recommended Android TV apps, it highlights that “community-created addons” can be used to “provide access to popular internet streaming media services.” Kodi streaming addons are where it’s at… The hyperlink in Sony’s recommendation links to the official Kodi wiki which in turn links to official addons (which shouldn’t cause any legal issues) and unofficial repositories, which aren’t guaranteed to be problem-free by the Kodi team. However, the same page also offers a list of banned addons, which are mostly used to access infringing content. They can’t be downloaded or installed from the wiki page but they do provide a handy guide for users looking for an entry point into the darker parts of the Kodi world. At this point, it should be reiterated that stock Kodi is entirely legal and there’s nothing fundamentally wrong with Sony’s promotion of Kodi or legal addons. However, seeing Sony recommending Kodi’s ability to utilize third-party add-ons is somewhat of a surprise, given Sony’s efforts as part of ACE to discourage people from using those that infringe. Of course, that’s where the problem lies. The vast majority of users of Kodi and/or Sony’s TVs will not know which add-ons they are supposed to use and which ones are legal and which ones are not. That said, it’s almost inevitable that they’ll gravitate towards the ones offering the most exciting content, which means precisely the type of addon being targeted by ACE and by default, Sony Pictures. Still, if Sony is happy to recommend third-party Kodi add-ons to get the best out of its televisions, it must be confident that its customers will do the right thing. There are plenty of legal addons available but good luck to the layman when it comes to filtering them out. source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Companies including Sony have been doing their best to shut down developers who create Kodi add-ons that facilitate access to infringing content. Given this background, it's perhaps a little surprising that Sony Australia is recommending users of its Android TVs to download Kodi to access addons "that provide access to popular internet streaming media services." Despite always operating within the law, the team behind the popular Kodi media player have found themselves at the middle of huge piracy controversy. While a stock Kodi installation is entirely legal, millions of users install special third-party add-ons that grant access to huge libraries of infringing content. This isn’t recommended by the official Kodi team but there’s little doubt that most Kodi users now connect the media player with free movies, TV shows, and live sports. To counter this threat, the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment – a coalition of 30 media giants including the MPAA, Netflix, Amazon, Disney, and Sony – has been targeting developers of third-party add-ons that provide access to infringing content. Many have stopped their activities following legal threats but the ecosystem remains lively and as a result, Kodi remains popular with the public. With this in mind, it’s perhaps a little surprising that Sony Australia is actively encouraging users of its range of Android-based smart TVs to install Kodi on their devices. As the image from Sony’s website shows, the company not only places Kodi in the number one spot for recommended Android TV apps, it highlights that “community-created addons” can be used to “provide access to popular internet streaming media services.” Kodi streaming addons are where it’s at… The hyperlink in Sony’s recommendation links to the official Kodi wiki which in turn links to official addons (which shouldn’t cause any legal issues) and unofficial repositories, which aren’t guaranteed to be problem-free by the Kodi team. However, the same page also offers a list of banned addons, which are mostly used to access infringing content. They can’t be downloaded or installed from the wiki page but they do provide a handy guide for users looking for an entry point into the darker parts of the Kodi world. At this point, it should be reiterated that stock Kodi is entirely legal and there’s nothing fundamentally wrong with Sony’s promotion of Kodi or legal addons. However, seeing Sony recommending Kodi’s ability to utilize third-party add-ons is somewhat of a surprise, given Sony’s efforts as part of ACE to discourage people from using those that infringe. Of course, that’s where the problem lies. The vast majority of users of Kodi and/or Sony’s TVs will not know which add-ons they are supposed to use and which ones are legal and which ones are not. That said, it’s almost inevitable that they’ll gravitate towards the ones offering the most exciting content, which means precisely the type of addon being targeted by ACE and by default, Sony Pictures. Still, if Sony is happy to recommend third-party Kodi add-ons to get the best out of its televisions, it must be confident that its customers will do the right thing. There are plenty of legal addons available but good luck to the layman when it comes to filtering them out.
steven36 Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 They lots have legal addons that are good they not that hard to find here are some if they not banned on Kodi.tv there most likely OK.. https://kodi.tv/addons https://kodi.wiki/view/Unofficial_add-on_repositories#Unofficial_repositories https://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=27 https://github.com/aussieaddons/repo https://github.com/MetalChris/repository.metalchris 1.But how many people use just legal addons? 2.Kodi is just a media player you dont need no 3rd party addons or stream to use it for piracy you can point your external hard drive with local files to Kodi 3. while Kodi.tv dont promote illegal 3rd party addons anymore they use too and there was no official repo in the start . 4. Kodi did not gain any popularity tell the Confluence Skin came out a lot of years after it came out and they didn't get a official repo tell after that. 5.while Kodi.tv dont promote illegal 3rd party addons they still promote watching files you download local witch is just and older way of pirating, 6. The only reason they ban illegal 3rd party addons they was not going to take the fall for TVAddons stupidity you can thank Adam Lackman for the ACE because he copied Kodi.tv and fell his repo up with illegal addons to monetize off and open source project and made it real easy for box sellers and noobs to load boxes . 7. He cut a deal with Dish TV and he told them everything and everyone he knows and he still spies on the unofficial addon community they use his blacklist witch he retrieves with his spyware github browser addon to take out repos then GitHub , Twitter , Facebook and YouTube gives up any info they have on them ,Dish Network hired a Anti Piracy investigator based on the info he gathers . Help Wanted: We’re Hiring a Volunteer Anti-Piracy Compliance Officer https://www.tvaddons.co/compliance-officer-wanted/ Dish is Hiring an Investigator to Research and Monitor Pirates https://torrentfreak.com/dish-is-hiring-an-investigator-to-research-and-monitor-pirates-180908/ MPAA Hires Law Firm to Tackle Streaming Piracy Threat https://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-hires-law-firm-to-tackle-streaming-piracy-threat-180910/ 8. Kodi was around since June 29, 2004 and Rights Holders never cared about it tell 2016 Quote Pirate Kodi Add-Ons Gain Massive Popularity October 7, 2016 December last year, TVAddons received 2.8 million unique calls to their update server per day, and over 13 million for the entire month. Today, these numbers have doubled to a rough average of 5.6 million per day and 24.7 million a month. This means that every 24 hours more than five million Kodi-boxes with their add-ons are online, checking for updates. https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-kodi-add-ons-gain-massive-popularity-161007/ After this came out in the News the UK started raiding people who sold boxes and they told them they was loading boxes with TV addons. Then the end of 2016 this came in the news Quote Leading Kodi Addon Repository TV Addons Reveals Plans for 2017 One of the world's leading repositories for third-party Kodi addons has revealed some of its plans for 2017. TV Addons says it will streamline the entire Kodi addon experience, making the process easier for all. Greater emphasis will be placed on 'legitimate' addons too, alongside calls for people to stop selling ready-configured hardware devices that attract negative attention. TV Addons is one of the world’s largest repositories of Kodi addons. It is not affiliated with the creators of Kodi but has become host to some of the software’s most-used tools. As such, its popularity has soared in recent months. Little did they know that rights holders had plans for them in 2017 . That was the beginning of it right there Kodi: TVAddons library mysteriously shuts down with no warning to users Jun 19, 2017 https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/kodi-tvaddons-exodus-shutdown-no-warning-users-open-source-software-media-player-pirate-videos-a7796991.html They only been going after repos about a year and a half now and so what if thy can't figure out witch addons are legal ,No one has been took to court yet for just using Kodi regardless only they go after the devs ,portals and Pirate box sellers. You can load them yourself and there is nothing really to worry about it's no different using a browser to stream . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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