That puts Kodi boxes in a legal gray area. That makes things like torrenting or file sharing illegal, but it doesn’t cover streaming pirated movies at all. Most countries have laws that prevent you from downloading content. To be blunt, the laws in most countries haven’t kept pace with how we’re watching content.
The problems start when you start accessing content that you would otherwise have to pay for.īy that I mean pay-per-view sporting events, premium movie channels, and “free” subscriptions to premium streaming services. Same goes for accessing live TV through HDHomeRun. If you’re using one of the addons I mentioned earlier to play your Netflix or Hulu subscriptions through Kodi, that’s perfectly fine as well. If you’re using Kodi to manage your own library of movies, music and TV shows that you purchased and own, then yes! That’s absolutely legal, and, in fact, that’s how Kodi got it’s start. Many people have argued that piracy was a big factor in that. Kodi has gotten extremely popular over the last few years. However, they don’t do anything to actively block known streaming piracy addons from their media center. Kodi’s official stance is that they oppose piracy in all it’s forms. Kodi has always had a tough relationship with the law. It’s easy to see why dedicated Kodi boxes are so popular. Similarly, if you have a HDHomeRun, there’s an official Kodi addon that lets you stream and record live TV.Īll that makes Kodi an incredibly powerful media center. Kodi has addons that link to your premium streaming services like Netflix or Hulu, allowing you to stream those movies from within Kodi.
You can find out how to do that in my tutorial here.
In fact, you can actually boot right into Kodi and never see your Android desktop at all. That makes it incredibly powerful and one of the most popular medic centers in the work. You can use Kodi both for your personal media library and your streaming apps. However, they can be any device that runs Kodi – even a mini-PC running Windows 10. Most Kodi boxes you see are specially modified Android TV box or “jailbroken” FireSticks. Usually they simply run Kodi by itself and stream the content from addons. Sometimes these devices use Kodi as a front-end to access their Plex servers or even stream from Netflix. In this article, I’m calling any device that primarily runs Kodi a “Kodi box.” In this article, I’m going to explain why.įirst, let’s define what makes a Kodi box different from an Android TV box, or other streaming devices. Either way, most “fully loaded” Kodi boxes are pretty dodgy. Maybe you saw them for sale at a booth at your local flea market. Each promised “free TV for life” so you’d save thousands of dollars on your cable bill each year.Ĭhances are you’ve come across a Facebook ad for one.
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