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Kodi Addon Repo Operator Shuts Down Following Threats from BREIN

posted by chromas on Tuesday August 14 2018, @02:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the bans dept.

JesusAmieiro writes:

A Dutch-based developer and Kodi addon repository administrator has shut down his operation following threats from anti-piracy outfit BREIN. Due to the XvBMC-NL repo offering addons including Covenant and IPTV Bonanza, BREIN accused its operator of facilitating access to infringing content. He is now required to sign an abstention agreement and pay a settlement of 2,500 euros.

As the battle to prevent unauthorized content getting into the hands of the masses continues, Kodi remains one of the leading platforms for such consumption.

Completely legal as it leaves its official download platform, the Kodi software is easily modified to provide access to pirated movies, TV shows, and live sports. From here on in, usage of such a setup to infringe copyright is illegal in Europe.

With this established, anti-piracy outfit BREIN has been attempting to stem the tide of platforms offering 'pirate' addons in the Netherlands. One of those was XvBMC-NL, a repository which contained addons including the hugely popular Covenant and live TV addon IPTV Bonanza.

According to a report by BREIN, last month the Dutch developer and administrator of XvBMC-NL received an unwelcome visit to his home by bailiffs sent by the anti-piracy group. BREIN hasn't made the precise contents of its message to 'Z' known but it's clear that it views his work as illegal and contrary to copyright law. The developer shut down soon after.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 14 2018, @07:11AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 14 2018, @07:11AM (#721263)

    I was smart enough (second time around) to buy the 32G SDCard.

    Same as I thought after my 16GB EVO died after just 18 months. The 32GB EVO should last more since it's barely 25% full and running OpenElec 24/7 almost always idle. And Samsung offers 10 year warranty, right, right? Well it didn't last much more than a year and 15€ down the drain, again. And try to get a RMA warranty... LOL. *sad face*

    Now I'm considering using berryboot to install LibreElec in an iscsi target of my NAS and boot from network.