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>> "The boxes are specifically marketed for copyright violation, sure. But Kodi is a general-purpose media player." They're not just marketed for it. They come
by k-mcgrady 10y ago
>> "The boxes are specifically marketed for copyright violation, sure. But Kodi is a general-purpose media player."
They're not just marketed for it. They come setup so that you go to the TV shows section and see a list of every TV show and every episode that you can play with one click. So comparing to a computer marketed the same way doesn't make much sense. A more accurate comparison would be selling a laptop that is locked down to the Kodi software setup to stream any TV show or movie the user wants illegally. I'm 99% sure all of the features the fully-loaded boxes come with access to in the UI are illegal.
- mod 10y agoRight. I guess if I were going to tread in those waters, I would literally sell a "fully-loaded kodi box", like I would load every plugin available. Presumably a great many of them are not related to illegal activities. Anyway, I've never thought that making it easy to commit a crime was a crime in and of itself. Selling lockpicks is maybe a similar example.
- k-mcgrady 10y agoI'm not familiar with all the details but the Pirate Bay trial seems analogous.
- mod 10y agoI'm not so sure. It feels similar, but here's the difference, as I see it: TPB provided direct tracker downloads and/or links to trackers that were illegal files. These guys are installing some software that is the equivalent of TPB. The software provides "links" (more or less) to illegal video streams, but providing those streams, or the data to find them, is not something these guys have done. I think this would be more like some other examples in this thread, where maybe you provided a browser or extension that kept up-to-date torrent site bookmarks.