(2017-06-14, 16:14)Pebcak Wrote: Which part? The part that the addons make Kodi stand out from the pack or the copying of DVDs? Both are accurate, although the latter may vary from country to country in general it's illegal to make an electronic copy. It's still piracy. Notice I didn't say anyone should be doing it, just that it's just as illegal.
Is there some article out there that is misinforming people about what piracy is? This is at least the second time I've read this remarkably wrong conclusion in the past few days. If there is, here are the simple facts.
Piracy is generally defined as the sharing, copying, or performing of copyrighted content from one person to another person via the internet by people who do not have the legal authority to do so. In most cases, this is illegal, though not in all, as there are several exceptions or situations in which modern law hasn't yet caught up.
Piracy is not place shifting, time shifting, or format shifting, which is the act of copying content from one thing to another for personal use. Obvious legal examples of this are copying a CD to iTunes, recording stuff from over the air TV, or transferring a game you bought from GOG from one computer to another. There are also illegal examples of this, like doing anything that I just said in the UK, because of a recent, truly idiotic ruling that everyone on the planet is simply choosing to ignore. Or copying a DVD or Bluray in the United States, as doing so requires breaking encryption, which was made illegal by the DMCA.These acts, while illegal in some jurisdictions, are not "piracy" because they are not sharing, copying, or performing from one person to another, or for shorthand, they are not illegal, because they are not copyright violations. They are illegal because of laws unrelated to copyright.
Now, if someone could point me to the article that's informing them that breaking encryption for the purposes of place shifting is "piracy," I'd be grateful, because I need to go hit a journalist over the head with his own shoe.