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2016-04-30, 02:43
(This post was last modified: 2016-04-30, 02:43 by Ned Scott.)
None of it would go to Kodi. It would be completely independent of Kodi. We are talking about content creators.
If you want to block ads then use an ad-blocker. However, the option of supporting people who need that money to make a living should be there. Don't assume that everyone using ads on YouTube is some big company a-hole. A ton of people are just trying to make ends meet. If that is the cost for getting the content then I don't see it as unreasonable.
Except for youtube annotations. Screw those things. A pre-roll ad that you can skip after a few seconds is fine by me, but the ads should not block the content itself. Then it becomes self-defeating.
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Here's another thing to consider... although a different medium, if you remember the Metallica vs Napster case, it showed how greedy Lars could be. Fastforward to today, and Lars regrets it. He doesn't endorse the downloading, but he sees how it actually boosts sales in the end. Fans hear the mp3 quality, then want to buy the cd with the artwork and all. The same goes for movies. There's a lot of movies I never would have heard of if not for Kodi.. and some I actually want to purchase for my collection now. That wouldn't have happened without being able to watch it first.
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2016-05-01, 18:52
(This post was last modified: 2016-05-01, 18:54 by RamboUnchained.)
I agree with a lot of points on both sides, but Pulsar is supported here, so it makes a lot of you guys look hypocritical. I'd be willing to bet money that the average Pulsar/Quasar user is streaming illegally obtained movies and tv shows from torrent sites...There's nothing shady about a torrent streaming addon if it's in the main repo, right? Just because it's against the rules for people to talk about how they use it doesn't mean they arent using it in a way that's frowned upon here. The only reason those addons aren't banned is due to wording. They're used for the same things that many blacklisted addons are used for.
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Fair use doesn't cover piracy of any kind.
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2016-05-02, 04:57
(This post was last modified: 2016-05-02, 04:57 by Ned Scott.)
(2016-05-01, 18:52)RamboUnchained Wrote: I agree with a lot of points on both sides, but Pulsar is supported here, so it makes a lot of you guys look hypocritical. I'd be willing to bet money that the average Pulsar/Quasar user is streaming illegally obtained movies and tv shows from torrent sites...There's nothing shady about a torrent streaming addon if it's in the main repo, right? Just because it's against the rules for people to talk about how they use it doesn't mean they arent using it in a way that's frowned upon here. The only reason those addons aren't banned is due to wording. They're used for the same things that many blacklisted addons are used for.
If things were banned on how "most" people used them then we probably wouldn't have Kodi at all. Or even things like the MKV file container.
And no, it's not hypocritical. The Kodi project is not trying to stop piracy. The Kodi project is not trying to help movie producers or anyone else. The Kodi project doesn't allow people to give support on the forums for blatant pirate/bootleg content, for the sake of the Kodi project's image. Other than that, no one really cares much about the broken copyright system. As long as it doesn't involve Kodi's reputation, then do whatever you want.
Heartless and selfish, maybe, but not hypocritical.
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I should have mentioned, that here in Canada, we also pay a tax on blank medium.. blank cd's, dvd's, and bluray disks. This tax goes to the music and movie industries.. regardless if the content being burned to disk is a personal wedding video, or a home made backup of a dvd or cd you legally bought. We're allowed to back them up.. that's the whole reason for the tax, so the industries still get their cut. Even if it's personal materials, even just backing up data from a drive. They still get the tax.