(2016-02-12, 04:14)getochkn Wrote: 1. What is pirate content to one person is legal to another in their country, so blocking 3rd party addons, for who, only US downloaders?
Blocking add-ons will never be an option, anywhere. Also, the Kodi project will never block pirated content. Yes, that's right, you as a user has a right to choose what you want to watch in Kodi. If you want to pirate movies, great. I applaud that. Screw the movie studios. However, that's you, the user, making that choice. Kodi is only a video player. Your TV is only a TV. The Kodi project isn't going to involve itself in politics.
Quote:2. Look how XBMC started. You needed a MODDED XBox to install it. Yes, you had to mod and violate copyright laws on an original XBox in order to install it. What was/is the purpose of XBMC/Kodi to play every known format of video? If it's to play legit video, keep the codec support down. Has anyone seriously ever ripped a DVD legally to Realmedia format? Or flash video or quick time? No. The broad format support is to support the broad amount of pirated material, especially back in the day. Everything was ripped and pirated in all different formats, and thus, a media player to play all those pirated formats was made.
I almost exclusively used QuickTime in my early computer days. There was even a time when RealMedia was decent. Just when you think something is common, someone will pop up and prove you wrong. Where does pirated content come from? It started with people sharing the files they made, and they made them with different methods. Limiting codec support will do nothing to stop piracy, and that's not something the Kodi project is going to do in the first place.
Quote:3. As said, emulator support seems to be ok. Backing up BIOS and games are still not legal in some areas, so why support it. And do you seriously think every single person running an EMU has backed up all their GBA carts by hand to their PC? Sometimes backing up a BIOS involves circumventing copyright protections.
4. Backing up Blurays and DVD's involves breaking copyright protection, yet supported.
To put it bluntly, because no one gives a damn. No one, not even the content owners.
(the lawyers still try to go after people for ripping software, though, but they're lawyers.)
The issue here isn't about the letter of the law, the issue here is about reputation. No one cares about the "do not walk on the grass" sign. No one will think negatively about the Kodi project because people are watching their legally purchased content in a way that technically breaks the DCMA. Just because something can be used illegally is not a reason to prevent it. That's the kind of bullshit that leads people to try and make it so that TVs only work with "approved" content (yes, there have been people who have tried that).
If Kodi was somehow being used to murder children then they would care only if it was hurting our reputation. If not, then who gives a damn. This is not, and has never been, an issue of morals. It's about protecting asses here and being realistic about it.
EDIT: and keep in mind, this is being extreme for the sake of making a point. Some people in the Kodi project are bothered about the morals, some aren't. You can't really say there's one collective view on the matter of copyright. All you really have is what everyone agrees on, which is the reputation part.