A Kodi Addon developer in the UK may be facing a judgment of almost $2 million in a lawsuit brought against him by U.S. satellite provider Dish Network.
The developer, Shani, had been sued by Dish because his ZemTV addon offered unauthorized streams of television channels. While Dish claimed that the addon was responsible for the unauthorized broadcast of thousands of infringing works, ... [ read the full article ]
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A few years ago I had visited a Saturday flea market in Toronto, Canada. There were host of pirated software sellers who would update your satellite TV receivers for a month, at literally a small fraction of the official price, to receive Indian and Pakistani TV channels. Right there in the open.
This is like jailing the knife manufacturer when their product is used in a murder. Why not go after the gun manufacturers too? I am sure there are some other uses for the addon.
Quote: This is like jailing the knife manufacturer when their product is used in a murder. Why not go after the gun manufacturers too? I am sure there are some other uses for the addon.
NO I don't thing so, not even close to the same thing. Selling knifes is a legal thing, in most cases, and their not made for one specific thing like stealing, or in your case killing some one and going after the seller instead of the murderer. The TVAddons are specifically for that purpose, only for that purpose to steal someones programming.
Now I think more power to them and the fines are typically insane for the crime especially when you look at 70% of murders getting away with murder in Chicago. But the system is stacked for big money and not us.
