Originally posted by duby229
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Not all content is treated like described above obviously, but it's pretty common with movies and tv shows or music for example.
Originally posted by duby229
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When people take Nintendo's IP like pokemon and distribute access to a fan made game or release the app on Apple's appstore(which has gotten past review somehow in the past), then Nintendo has to act upon that legally, else risk consequences. As an individual, you don't matter so much, the content owner is going to go after distributors(websites, torrent producers, to some extent prolific seeders of illegal content, etc). Individuals usually don't have much value to pursue if they're the only consumer and not furthering the problem. I think they've been made an example of in the past to try incite some fear, but other than that it's not common as it's not worth all the time/effort with paperwork and court proceedings etc, especially since the individual to be prosecuted by law is likely doing these activities because they're unable to afford obtaining content legally(the why part is so relevant here), thus the individual has nothing to offer financially, only the potential for impact on others like them.
Yes content can be accessed quite easily these days for free, that doesn't make it legal. If I walk into a store or even just walk outside it or through a market where there are tables with products on display for purchase. If I grab one of these and run off with it, it's free right? Didn't cost me anything. Is it legal? If someone else does it, and then hands the product to me for free because they took so much they want to share it around to others who need it. Still free, I may not be aware of where it came from or it's legality, but it's no more legal(especially if I'm aware the provider isn't legally permitted to distribute the product freely like that).
Originally posted by duby229
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You completely misunderstand what Kodi is as others have stated. There are addons yes, Kodi makes that possible so that people can develop addons that will pull in content elsewhere regardless of how legal it is. Kodi avoids being involved with that by keeping it out what it distributes, if someone wants to create/add third party addon to do something illegal, that is their choice, Kodi will enable it but not support or endorse it. I'm sure you can think of illegal content that is clearly illegal and many would not want to possess or have provided to them by default.
A content service such as Google, Apple, Amazon, Netflix provide,will give you access to content on a licensed basis, usually paid. A content service is not what Kodi is. You don't expect your toaster to perform the role of other appliances in the kitchen do you? Would you edit/make content with a media player? Does your file browser provide the filesystem and your data or is it more of an interface to manage your data with the file system? Kodi would be more like that file browser.
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