Matrix Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 KodiTips, a popular website dedicated to tips and information for the popular Kodi platform, has had its Facebook page shut down following a copyright infringement complaint by Sky. The operator of the site informs TF he has no idea how he infringed their rights. With tens of millions of active Kodi media player users around the globe, there is a thirst for information on how to utilize the open source software. As a result, dozens of websites and blogs have appeared to fill this niche, many of them dedicated to tips, tutorials, and news on the latest add-ons and developments. Founded in 2015, KodiTips.com is one of the most popular, with more than a million visitors every month. The site was created to fill a gap in the market, its operator informs TorrentFreak. “At the time, there wasn’t a lot of tutorials and how-to guides for Kodi add-ons and hardware. The site’s original and continuing message is to offer guides on how to understand and setup Kodi, and to clarify what Kodi is vs what it isn’t (doesn’t host content, addons only scrape content hosted by others, etc), ” he explains. KodiTips is certainly comprehensive, regularly publishing details on all the major add-ons while posting changelogs to keep visitors informed. On Thursday, however, the site lost access to its Facebook page following a copyright infringement complaint. “We removed or disabled access to the following content you posted on Facebook because we received a notice from a third party that the content infringes their copyright(s),” a message from Facebook declared. What is a little surprising about Facebook’s notice is that it does not detail any specific infringing content, listing only “Page: Kodi Tips – Android TV, Amazon Fire Help” and “Copyrighted Work: Other” as the allegedly infringing content. Predicatably, the platform doesn’t seem keen to get involved in the argument either. “Facebook isn’t in a position to adjudicate disputes between third parties. If you believe this content shouldn’t have been removed from Facebook, you can contact the complaining party directly to resolve your issue,” the notice reads. The takedown notice, reviewed by TF, lists the “rights owner” as Sky while offering an email address often used by the company to deal with infringement disputes. We aren’t publishing it in full but the address has been in use for years, often in complaints filed against allegedly-infringing users of eBay. This isn’t the first time that KodiTips has had its Facebook page taken down following an infringement complaint. Back in July 2018, the site lost its original page following a similar complaint, losing 80,000 subscribers in the process. Luckily, it still has more than 70,000 followers on Twitter. The operator of KodiTips informs TF that he doesn’t intend to contest the takedown, branding it a waste of “time and energy”. He also confirms that Sky has never contacted him before, with the same being true for other anti-piracy groups such as the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. Given the controversial nature of some third-party Kodi add-ons, copyright complaints in connection with them certainly don’t come as a surprise. However, to the best of KodiTips’ operator’s knowledge, he has never infringed Sky’s copyrights via his tutorials and know-how. Thanks to the super-vague notice from Facebook, he remains in the dark. Original Article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KodiTips, a popular website dedicated to tips and information for the popular Kodi platform, has had its Facebook page shut down following a copyright infringement complaint by Sky. The operator of the site informs TF he has no idea how he infringed their rights. With tens of millions of active Kodi media player users around the globe, there is a thirst for information on how to utilize the open source software. As a result, dozens of websites and blogs have appeared to fill this niche, many of them dedicated to tips, tutorials, and news on the latest add-ons and developments. Founded in 2015, KodiTips.com is one of the most popular, with more than a million visitors every month. The site was created to fill a gap in the market, its operator informs TorrentFreak. “At the time, there wasn’t a lot of tutorials and how-to guides for Kodi add-ons and hardware. The site’s original and continuing message is to offer guides on how to understand and setup Kodi, and to clarify what Kodi is vs what it isn’t (doesn’t host content, addons only scrape content hosted by others, etc), ” he explains. KodiTips is certainly comprehensive, regularly publishing details on all the major add-ons while posting changelogs to keep visitors informed. On Thursday, however, the site lost access to its Facebook page following a copyright infringement complaint. “We removed or disabled access to the following content you posted on Facebook because we received a notice from a third party that the content infringes their copyright(s),” a message from Facebook declared. What is a little surprising about Facebook’s notice is that it does not detail any specific infringing content, listing only “Page: Kodi Tips – Android TV, Amazon Fire Help” and “Copyrighted Work: Other” as the allegedly infringing content. Predicatably, the platform doesn’t seem keen to get involved in the argument either. “Facebook isn’t in a position to adjudicate disputes between third parties. If you believe this content shouldn’t have been removed from Facebook, you can contact the complaining party directly to resolve your issue,” the notice reads. The takedown notice, reviewed by TF, lists the “rights owner” as Sky while offering an email address often used by the company to deal with infringement disputes. We aren’t publishing it in full but the address has been in use for years, often in complaints filed against allegedly-infringing users of eBay. This isn’t the first time that KodiTips has had its Facebook page taken down following an infringement complaint. Back in July 2018, the site lost its original page following a similar complaint, losing 80,000 subscribers in the process. Luckily, it still has more than 70,000 followers on Twitter. The operator of KodiTips informs TF that he doesn’t intend to contest the takedown, branding it a waste of “time and energy”. He also confirms that Sky has never contacted him before, with the same being true for other anti-piracy groups such as the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. Given the controversial nature of some third-party Kodi add-ons, copyright complaints in connection with them certainly don’t come as a surprise. However, to the best of KodiTips’ operator’s knowledge, he has never infringed Sky’s copyrights via his tutorials and know-how. Thanks to the super-vague notice from Facebook, he remains in the dark.
steven36 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Kodi Tips use social media to get there info , shutting there Facebook page really want make a difference , They would have to clean up way more than just delete one blog who rewrites what the pirates say on social media facebook . They been fighting with TV addons so its not shocking they got it removed he is working with ACE . Torrent Freak is just giving this blog publicity . They not even the best addon blog even, there just the most nosy blog and keep up with all the juicy gossip in the Kodi world, besides TVA witch are more nosy witch dont have any good addons anymore but did start back doing porn addons now they just copied another devs addon, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlston Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Kodi can be used for evil, therefore Kodi must be evil. Gotta love the idiotic logic these morons use. Logic on a par with the "every pirated copy is a lost sale" nonsense. Let's ban WIndows, cars, phones, mail, houses, roads, the entire internet, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Karlston said: Kodi can be used for evil, therefore Kodi must be evil. Gotta love the idiotic logic these morons use. Logic on a par with the "every pirated copy is a lost sale" nonsense. Let's ban WIndows, cars, phones, mail, houses, roads, the entire internet, etc... That's right they are lots of free legal stuff and paid legal stuff, just like there is lots of not so legal free and paid stuff you can do with it, they are 2 different kodi communities even, but sites like kodi Tips who monetize Kodi it dont matter if they close them down or not, there just doing both sides of Kodi a favor because they dont really provide anything good or bad they just spoon feed noobs ..There site is so bad one time there forum got took over by bots . They don't risk there butt or even test what they post there in it for money . What upsets ACE is the fact is smart pirates spoon feed noobs with kodi . A smart pirate dont even have to have kodi to stream they just do it because they can and made a hobby out of it. Just like most legal kodi users are very smart too ..It the dumb ones that ruin it for everyone. The dark side of kodi they is a bunch of morons involved they just set around and talk about how to load the addons that give the most streams like its a religion in public , then when a dev gets took out sites like Kodi Tips and TF post about then in a few days there forgotten as soon as they have new addons and devs and the cycle repeats itself i been keeping up with it for a year now. The pirate sites blocks kodi because it takes away from there ad money and ddoss there site because there is too much users and they figure ways around it there killing the streaming sites so pirates hate kodi as much as ace do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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