Kodi ban in UK

Amaede · 28 Apr 2017 at 16:15

What the fuss is all about? Came through this news just now but I'm really confused, is the ban placed on kodi boxes or the streaming through the kodi app too?

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/797734/Kodi-Ban-European-Court-Ban

What is the solution if the ban is placed on streaming. Some are suggesting to use a VPN to stream the content. Got this link someone placed in the community on how to setup a VPN on kodi, is it legit?

https://www.purevpn.com/blog/kodi-vpn/

Moothead2 · 28 Apr 2017 at 16:23

It just means a ban on streaming and downloading without paying. You're still fine to set up Kodi on a Pi and stream your ripped files to.

Amaede · 28 Apr 2017 at 16:25

Moothead2 said:
It just means a ban on streaming and downloading without paying. You're still fine to set up Kodi on a Pi and stream your ripped files to.

But is it legal to download ripped files?

mattyg · 28 Apr 2017 at 16:34

Isn't it a ban on fully loaded boxes. The ones that are obviously being sold to stream copyrighted material.

Also I thought there was an EU ruling that viewing streamed content was legal as you weren't downloading or sharing

Armageus · 28 Apr 2017 at 16:37

Amaede said:
But is it legal to download ripped files?

Never has been legal to download "ripped files".

If you mean to rip content yourself e.g. blurays you legally own, then I believe the answer is still technically no (as despite "format shifting" having been made legal for a while, it was appealed and overturned). Realistically though format shifting for personal use is unlikely to matter.

Glanza · 28 Apr 2017 at 16:45

Amaede said:
But is it legal to download ripped files?

No it never has been no matter how you acquire content if you haven't paid.

poosemon · 28 Apr 2017 at 16:51

mattyg said:
Isn't it a ban on fully loaded boxes. The ones that are obviously being sold to stream copyrighted material.

Also I thought there was an EU ruling that viewing streamed content was legal as you weren't downloading or sharing

Pretty sure there was a EU ruling yesterday which made streaming content illegal going forwards. Original argument was along the lines that streaming only creates a small temporary file on the streamers device which then gets deleted, so couldn't count as an illegal download. However they have now said that the process of streaming the content itself is what is illegal, not the downloading of it.

Heres a Link (apologise its from the Mail...) - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencet...rt-rules-fully-loaded-Kodi-boxes-illegal.html

danoliver1 · 28 Apr 2017 at 23:29

Oh no does this mean I need to erase the 10 Amazon fire sticks I set up for my work colleagues.

JammieR · 25 Jul 2017 at 15:01

I think its a serious issue, Just read this article which says through kodi addons cops and hackers can spy on your acts and activities. They can intervene in your privacy easily because through the add-on you are giving them the right to invade your personal details.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/40837...et-crooks-or-cops-monitor-everything-they-do/

I am using the best uk vpn to mitigate any risk associated in this case.

Scam · 25 Jul 2017 at 16:12

77million streams on the GoT season premiere, crazy; https://torrentfreak.com/game-of-thrones-season-7-premiere-pirated-90-million-times-170721/

You can bet your behind that studios/creators are taking Kodi seriously. There's a lot of work going on in the background to fight it. The Digital Economy Act is only part of that.

danoliver1 said:
Oh no does this mean I need to erase the 10 Amazon fire sticks I set up for my work colleagues.

Yes, see above

Anyone supplying fully loaded Kodi boxes/Fire sticks is going to be hunted down and have the book thrown at them.

Sp00n · 25 Jul 2017 at 16:15

Streaming content you don't own or pay a subscription for is illegal, who knew.

Jonny2284 · 25 Jul 2017 at 21:43

^ That.

I'm guessing another rebranding is in Kodi's future now all these prats have made their nice media centre software synonymous with piracy and illegal ****.

JammieR · 26 Jul 2017 at 07:23

Jonny2284 said:
^ That.

I'm guessing another re branding is in Kodi's future now all these prats have made their nice media center software synonymous with piracy and illegal ****.

yes, this is how the world evolves. First there was popcorn time which was re branded with the name of Kodi. lets see what kodi will become, its basically the same idea with different names.

Jonny2284 · 26 Jul 2017 at 10:37

Absolutely wrong on all counts but thanks for proving my point.

PiKe · 26 Jul 2017 at 10:38

JammieR said:
yes, this is how the world evolves. First there was popcorn time which was re branded with the name of Kodi. lets see what kodi will become, its basically the same idea with different names.

Popcorn time was never anything to do with Kodi, XBMC became Kodi.

VincentHanna · 26 Jul 2017 at 18:23

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40727972

xyphic · 28 Jul 2017 at 15:52

Meh, once again they see people wanting to watch live sports / tv / movies as a "problem" that they need to solve through banning. They haven't yet realised that one of the main reasons people do this is because they want a convenient and affordable way of consuming said content but that isn't available. I'd quite happily pay a subscription to be able to view all my football team's games. But I won't pay for Sky Sports / BT Sport because they show so few games I'm interested in, so it's a waste of money. I'd happily pay to watch current films in the comfort of my own home. I happily pay for Sky's entertainment packages, Netflix and Amazon Prime and enjoy the content they provide.

All this does is push more people onto VPNs. Are the Premier League going to force ISPs to throttle all VPN traffic while matches are on?

Liquidfox · 28 Jul 2017 at 16:52

JammieR said:
I think its a serious issue, Just read this article which says through kodi addons cops and hackers can spy on your acts and activities. They can intervene in your privacy easily because through the add-on you are giving them the right to invade your personal details.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/40837...et-crooks-or-cops-monitor-everything-they-do/

You're honestly quoting The Sun as a source?

neviditelny · 1 Aug 2017 at 00:20

About streaming my parents were a bit surprised that we in UK can't see any game we want to see. In Sweden the Swedish Premier League football matches have scheduled matches shown on tv, but you can buy any other match as a "pay per view" as well. So for example, on Saturday 6pm they would show IFK Gothenburg-Orebro SK live on the tv, but you support AIK and would like to see them play against BK Hacken you can buy that match separately on the providers webservice and watch it on your tv.

What also frustrates me about the streaming and copyright things is how could I legally follow for example swedish football and ice hockey when living in UK as no tv stations here would ever think or want to get the rights for those. And as living abroad I can't get a contract with the swedish providers either.

JammieR · 1 Aug 2017 at 12:26

Liquidfox said:
You're honestly quoting The Sun as a source?

Yes honestly...