Kodi Media App

New TechnologiesSpecial Interest GroupGrand Computers Club

December 12, 2017

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Talking Points• Definitions & History

• Ubiquitous

• Is it legal?

• How does it become illegal?

• Demos

• Discussion

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Definitions & HistoryTeam Kodi

• a non-profit and free software community driven open-source software project that is developed only by volunteers in their spare time without any monetary gain. The team of developers leading the development of Kodi, encourage anyone and everyone to submit their own source code patches for new features and functions, improve existing ones, or fix bugs to the Kodi project

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Definitions & HistoryKodi

• free and open source cross-platform software media player and entertainment hub for digital media for HTPCs (Home theater PCs)

•allows the user to easily browse and view videos, photos, podcasts, and music from a harddrive, optical disc, local network, and the internet using only a few buttons

•originally created as a media center application for the first-generation Xbox game console

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Definitions & History• Xbox Media Player (December 2002)

• Xbox Media Center (June, 2004)

• XBMC Media Center (September 2009)

• Kodi (early 2003 & May 2010)

• Kodi Timeline

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UbiquitousKodi runs on:

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UbiquitousKodi runs on:

• Android

• iOS

• Linux

• Mac

• Kodibuntu

• Windows

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UbiquitousKodi stats:

• Over 38 millions users (seems low; N/A?)

• 70% view illegal streams via add-ons according to MPAA

• Besides movies & TV, soccer (football) is a heavily pirated stream

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Is It Legal?• Kodi boxes are legal. Users are able

to buy a box, and watch free content.

• Some boxes are being modified to access paid content channels using third-party plug-ins, illegally allowing people to watch the shows without paying.

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Is It Illegal?According to latest UK laws:

• it is illegal when a box is used to stream subscription channels for free.

• It is illegal to buy or sell these modified devices which have become known as “fully-loaded” – penalty now increased to 10 years

• Facebook and Amazon have banned the sale of fully-loaded boxes

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Demos• Amazon Fire Stick

• Amazon Fire TV

• Kodi box “fully-loaded”

• Install from scratch

• Install on Chromebook???

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Useful Siteshttps://flixed.io/kodi-xbmc-history/

http://kodi.wiki/view/Kodi#History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Media_Center

https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/2992997/kodi-boxes-illegal-penalties-premier-league-streams/

https://www.androidcentral.com/best-legal-addons-kodi12/12/2017 New Technology SIG 13

Questions???

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Next Meeting

“Home Entertainment 2018”Thursday

January 18, 2018

3:30 – 5:00 pm

GCC Classroom

Chaparral Center

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