On April 29, 2017 at 13:44, Rob Grabon said...
The major point of the ruling is more to remove the grey area of "is it illegal to view pirated hosted content if you're not downloading it". EU answer is yes, it's theft, same to view a pirated stream as it is to download a full copy.
First, you have to state it's illegal publicly.
Second, Kodi will break the plugins.
Third, those who wish to steal it will find another way, but you will have greatly reduced the number of users, especially those who bought a pre-loaded box and many will not do it again for fear it will break again, not worth the hassle.
Most people buying these kodi devices are being convinced by the sellers that they are legal. I know several that have them that would not have bought the boxes if it had been clearly defined as stealing content. They were told it's all fine as long as you don't download a copy.
