e123enitan 275 Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) http://www.howtogeek.com/290346/kodi-is-not-a-piracy-application/ There’s a piracy app that lets users find any TV show, movie, or song you can imagine. Streams and downloads are both easy to find, and the software is already used by hundreds of millions of people. The name of this dastardly program? Google Chrome. That’s a crazy thing to report, right? Sure, it’s strictly true that you can use Chrome to pirate movies and TV shows: just search for any movie’s name followed by the words “streaming,” “torrent,” or “download.” You’ll find a pirated option on the front page basically every time. But if a mainstream media outlet called Chrome a piracy tool, you’d ridicule them for it, and deservedly so. But that’s pretty much how Kodi, the open source media player, is being reported on lately, particularly in the UK. The BBC called Kodi a piracy epidemic in a headline. The Mirror pointed out that Kodi offers a “way to find illegal streams of movies and sports presented with a friendly Netflix-style user interface.” The Birmingham Mail helpfully informed readers that downloading Kodi will result in you getting a scary letter. Reading these headlines, you’d think Kodi is the second coming of Popcorn Time. It’s not. Kodi is merely a (very good) media player and organizer. If Kodi is a piracy app, so is Google Chrome (and, for that matter, QuickTime or VLC). Why Is Kodi Getting Such a Bad Rap? Edited January 31, 2017 by e123enitan 1
Jdiesel 1431 Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 It is getting a bad wrap because it has hit mainstream critical mass. Now people who don't even own a PC let alone know how to download a torrent are purchasing "Free TV boxes" at a growing rate. I hear about it every single day from friends, family and co-workers most of which have no idea that Kodi is the underlying software/OS that the apps run on and does not provide any illegal content. The loaded box sellers used Kodi's brand recognition to their advantage to sell more boxes to unknowing customers. I remember a similar situation about 10 years ago when pirated FTA satellite receivers where everywhere. Everyone including their grandma had one to get "Free TV" and the people selling them took advantage of the uneducated customers buying them. I personally am glad to see them going after these sellers as it really hurts our hobby for legitimate users. It is unfortunate that the media is reporting misleading information but that is nothing new.
im85288 1493 Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 It's the idiots on EBay advertising "fully loaded" Kodi boxes that's given it a bad rep. Wait until they start selling "fully loaded" Emby and Plex boxes! Plex recently had to drop their Amazon cloud server support...my guess is because everyone started uploading tv shows/movies and Amazon wanted nothing to do with it. The future lies in encryption and vpns. 1
Luke 42078 Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 Wait until they start selling "fully loaded" Emby boxes! In the event any of you become aware of anything like this, please let us know and we will do our best to put a stop to it. Thanks ! 1
Jdiesel 1431 Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 (edited) I am aware of people selling monthly subscriptions to access private Emby servers. Hopefully they don't ruin it for those of us using it to share media with a few family members or friends at no charge. Edited January 31, 2017 by Jdiesel
Luke 42078 Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 I am aware of people selling monthly subscriptions to access private Emby servers. Hopefully they don't ruin it for those of us using it to share media with a few family members or friends at no charge. Yes please, let us know about this, you can contact us privately via PM. Thanks !
Jdiesel 1431 Posted January 31, 2017 Posted January 31, 2017 I don't think it will be end users installing emby but an admin building a small community of users. We have ready seen users comment they have dozens of users in some posts, this can only mean one thing to me. I have also seen posts on Reddit from users of Plex with them outlining how they got their neighbours all booked up to their Plex systems, I would expect the same thing happening with emby also. Yep there is lots of talk about this on some of the web hosting forums. Some even going as far as developing web based account/payment management interfaces. I tend to see it more on Plex but as Emby grows in popularity I see it becoming more and more common. To be fair I operate my own dedicated server to serve my 4 different users so there are legitimate uses for running a server out of a datacenter. I would hate to see datacenter IPs getting blacklisted from using Emby server... 1
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