Thinking of downloading Kodi to my Smart TV. I have Direct TV and already pay extra for Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime and am tired of not being able to call up a movie I'd like to watch without it costing me 3.99. Simple stuff like "Bad Santa" or "A Million Ways to Die in the West" or "MIB 3". None of the above mentioned pay services has those movies even though I'm paying out the ass for three "movie streaming sites". Always end up on Amazon where they want to rent the movie to me at 3 times the cost of Redbox.
Anyway, for those of you who use or have used Kodi, can you give me a non-salesman's pitch on what exactly it does and is it worth it?
Really?
Kodi is an opensource media player that has an open interface, meaning third parties can (and do) create addons. These addons illegally enable you to watch movies for free.
Stop acting like you are entitled or deserve to watch them. It is most definitely illegal. I'm not moralizing ... go ahead and use the addons - just do it with your eyes open and with full knowledge of what you are - a thief - no different than going to Walmart and sticking a movie under your jacket and walking out without paying.
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... tired of not being able to call up a movie I'd like to watch without it costing me 3.99.
Really?
Kodi is an opensource media player that has an open interface, meaning third parties can (and do) create addons. These addons illegally enable you to watch movies for free.
Stop acting like you are entitled or deserve to watch them. It is most definitely illegal. I'm not moralizing ... go ahead and use the addons - just do it with your eyes open and with full knowledge of what you are - a thief - no different than going to Walmart and sticking a movie under your jacket and walking out without paying.
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... tired of not being able to call up a movie I'd like to watch without it costing me 3.99.
Really?
Kodi is an opensource media player that has an open interface, meaning third parties can (and do) create addons. These addons illegally enable you to watch movies for free.
Stop acting like you are entitled or deserve to watch them. It is most definitely illegal. I'm not moralizing ... go ahead and use the addons - just do it with your eyes open and with full knowledge of what you are - a thief - no different than going to Walmart and sticking a movie under your jacket and walking out without paying.
Wee ooo. Weee ooo. Weee oooo. Moral police coming through.
I want the five second of my life you stole for that shitty diatribe.
Isn't it just illegal for the developers to make the services streamable?
Wouldn't it be more like going to YouTube and watching the content on their site that are running? The end user is basically just going to an address and watching the content.
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... tired of not being able to call up a movie I'd like to watch without it costing me 3.99.
Really?
Kodi is an opensource media player that has an open interface, meaning third parties can (and do) create addons. These addons illegally enable you to watch movies for free.
Stop acting like you are entitled or deserve to watch them. It is most definitely illegal. I'm not moralizing ... go ahead and use the addons - just do it with your eyes open and with full knowledge of what you are - a thief - no different than going to Walmart and sticking a movie under your jacket and walking out without paying.
Wee ooo. Weee ooo. Weee oooo. Moral police coming through.
I want the five second of my life you stole for that shitty diatribe.
Hey, I've used it. Like I said - not moralizing (or, if I am, then I've been guilty too). His post just bothered me ... when he says he's tired of paying $3.99 for a movie... all I'm saying is ... know straight up you are a thief (as I was when I used it). Guilty as charged. But stop with the entitlement bullshit. You're about as entitled as an everyday shoplifter.
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... tired of not being able to call up a movie I'd like to watch without it costing me 3.99.
Really?
Kodi is an opensource media player that has an open interface, meaning third parties can (and do) create addons. These addons illegally enable you to watch movies for free.
Stop acting like you are entitled or deserve to watch them. It is most definitely illegal. I'm not moralizing ... go ahead and use the addons - just do it with your eyes open and with full knowledge of what you are - a thief - no different than going to Walmart and sticking a movie under your jacket and walking out without paying.
Wee ooo. Weee ooo. Weee oooo. Moral police coming through.
I want the five second of my life you stole for that shitty diatribe.
Shit, I though is a waaaaaaaaambulance.
When you pay for Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime for "free movies", but they don't have most of the "A" movies, but swamp you with "B" movies, it gets a little frustrating. Regardless, I agree with the others that the "end user" is not doing anything wrong - just using the internet. Heck, I even use ad blockers to go to sites so that they can't advertise me to death. I guess that's stealing as well...lol
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... tired of not being able to call up a movie I'd like to watch without it costing me 3.99.
Really?
Kodi is an opensource media player that has an open interface, meaning third parties can (and do) create addons. These addons illegally enable you to watch movies for free.
Stop acting like you are entitled or deserve to watch them. It is most definitely illegal. I'm not moralizing ... go ahead and use the addons - just do it with your eyes open and with full knowledge of what you are - a thief - no different than going to Walmart and sticking a movie under your jacket and walking out without paying.
Wee ooo. Weee ooo. Weee oooo. Moral police coming through.
I want the five second of my life you stole for that shitty diatribe.
Hey, I've used it. Like I said - not moralizing (or, if I am, then I've been guilty too). His post just bothered me ... when he says he's tired of paying $3.99 for a movie... all I'm saying is ... know straight up you are a thief (as I was when I used it). Guilty as charged. But stop with the entitlement bullshit. You're about as entitled as an everyday shoplifter.
Completely agree. People can do whatever hey want but it’s tiresome to hear people wanting the benefit of a service without paying for it.
Hollywood has created so many problems and inconsistencies for the end-user with the current film and video market. The dozens of examples that I could go through…
On the Kodi legality front, I'm still not certain what liability the end-user has. If the add-on utilizes a torrent style delivery system, the end-user is definitely opening them up to prosecution. If it's a simple feed, then the liability probably plummets.
A VPN would definitely help to abate this, but they possess their own liabilities.
Kodi is awesome not just for streaming too, by the way. My entire house runs on Kodi for all my local content. I've ripped all my DVDs and CDs to my computer which acts as a server. I can do awesome things like this:
Happy to answer any questions you have.
It's not about "entitlement". It's about getting pricing more favorable for the end-user.
If everyone had your mentality, we'd still be paying $17 for a music album in order to get one song off that album.
Now I pay $15/month to lease tens of thousands of tracks...and I can share access with my entire family! All legal. I can't remember the last time I pirated a song.
Kodi is awesome not just for streaming too, by the way. My entire house runs on Kodi for all my local content. I've ripped all my DVDs and CDs to my computer which acts as a server. I can do awesome things like this:
Happy to answer any questions you have.
It’s a technicality. It’s wrong, and whether that means something to you or not is the question.
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But stop with the entitlement bullshit. You're about as entitled as an everyday shoplifter.
It's not about "entitlement". It's about getting pricing more favorable for the end-user.
If everyone had your mentality, we'd still be paying $17 for a music album in order to get one song off that album.
Now I pay $15/month to lease tens of thousands of tracks...and I can share access with my entire family! All legal. I can't remember the last time I pirated a song.
Yeah it’s legal because you are paying for the service...
It's wrong because the laws that Hollywood paid for, say it's wrong.
The only reason DRV'ing isn't wrong is because Hollywood couldn't convince the government that VHS recording should be illegal.
I'm not arguing legality, just saying that what content providers have bought and paid for is wrong for the end-user as well.
And it exists only because people stole that content for years...
I'll retract that statement if you buy $17 albums.
I'll retract that statement if you buy $17 albums.
I don’t download music, it’s been about a decade since I’ve done that. But if I did, what’s that got to do with any of this? It would still be wrong for me to do. You seem to be making every excuse in the book to justify your stealing, great job. Wish I had your view on life, keep stealing until they make it legal (which still isn’t even the case with music).
I use Kodi, but not extensively. I pay for Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime. When Game of Thrones or Outlander is on HBO or Starz, my wife is paying for HBO Now or Starz Play.
But even with all those paid services, I still don't have access to a lot of things. Sports are a tough area and very hit or miss. CBS is pushing their own streaming service, so if I wanted to watch Star Trek Discovery, I'd have to pay for that. Soon enough, I'd have to pay if I want to watch anything Disney/Marvel/Star Wars. People cut the cord because of the crazy cost of cable, so Hollywood is looking for new ways to price-gouge their customers. Hence, people turn to Kodi.
There are technically illegal videos put on YouTube all the time. The onus is on YouTube to police this and take down the material, and it isn't illegal for a user to view it.
Same applies to Kodi - and for those playing the "A technicality is still bad" line, I sure hope you are as eager to rail against other things that are technically bad like jaywalking or over estimating tax deductions. Just to be consistent.
Sigh. OK, I'm done trying to walk you through this exercise. Really not hard logic.
Knineteen, I understand every word of your posts but you are telling me things I already l know. My point above is all I have to say on the matter. If you think you are entitled to not pay for something because the cost of an album is too much than you are part of the problem.
If there is a movie that I really want to see then I don’t mind paying the $4.99 or whatever it is to rent it, I tend to only use Kodi for things that I would never watch otherwise. The new Baywatch is the perfect example, there is no way in hell I would ever pay to see that, if Kodi weren’t an option I would just wait until it eventually showed up on HBO, Showtime or something similar.
Same with Kodi. Viewing the material isn't illegal - owning it is. So if you start recording the shows - that's constitute ownership, regardless of if you plan on reselling the material.
So, it's not a big deal to do it and there are usually few consequences. But let's not pretend it's hunky dory for consumers to do it, either.
As a result, many of the major go to libraries have made a "business decision" to shut down entirely.
That is why you've recently been having trouble finding content in your go to apps. Some of them have gone dark indefinitely.
As you know, Europe and UK are not friendly environments for media sharing technology.
Screw Hollywood, I'm not paying $10 for a movie if I can go in the back for free. I work hard for my money, why should they screw me out of it just because I want to see their movie?
By the way, it's on the theater to fix their door if they want to prevent my behavior. Nothing wrong with my behavior, right?
FWIW, the above is not true. Just something to think about. And yes, I'm guilty of watching things that I haven't paid for. Key word there is guilty.
Screw Hollywood, I'm not paying $10 for a movie if I can go in the back for free. I work hard for my money, why should they screw me out of it just because I want to see their movie?
By the way, it's on the theater to fix their door if they want to prevent my behavior. Nothing wrong with my behavior, right?
FWIW, the above is not true. Just something to think about. And yes, I'm guilty of watching things that I haven't paid for. Key word there is guilty.
There is plenty wrong with your behavior. A reasonable person would make the building aware of the issue and do a good deed. It’s also foolish and incredibly short sighted to think your $10 just goes to Hollywood. What about the people who work at the theater and have a job because it’s in business?
I’ve done all the stuff on this thread, but it’s uolarious to see you guys make excuses. You are stealing, plain and simple. You may not be “owning” the material but you are still stealing. Just own it.
I agree.
I'm running it on OSMC on a pi. It is kind of high maintenance. But the OSMC/Kodi combo is a pretty cool media platform and I stream music and video from internet & a home server share.
Yes watching copyrighted or licensed content is "stealing" whether it's actually illegal or not. But I've done so occasionally.