QUOTE(DanKa @ Apr 28 2017, 09:12 AM)
that means more and more european/usa sellers will be selling boxes online with a shell kodi, not fully loaded.
while new users would like a loaded app to start with but really, over time, one still has to maintain, get new, etc. so, that may be a minor issue in the end.
in future, the core issue is if any authority in any country will act on a baseline that has been there for decades - syndicates, biz and individuals illegally downloading copyrighted material.
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THE RULING
The European Court of Justice has ruled that 'fully loaded' Kodi boxes, which include plugins that can access pirated material, are illegal to sell and own.
Temporary files, like those created when media content is streamed, are technically exempt under copyright law.
People selling 'fully loaded' Kodi boxes exploited this legal loophole to provide illegal content.
But the court, which is the highest in the EU, found against a Dutch vendor, identified in court papers as Mr Willums, who sold fully loaded boxes over the internet.
And although the court recognised the equipment itself was not illegal, the way he had customised them was.
The new ruling, issued yesterday, puts pirated streams on the same legal footing as illegal downloads.
This post has been edited by AVFAN: Apr 28 2017, 10:32 AM