Kodi future on Android in jeopardy?

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May 082016
 

A shortage of Android developers among the Kodi team is putting the future of Kodi on Android and the Fire TV in jeopardy.

In a blog post, Nathan Betzen, president of the XBMC Foundation and a project manager on Kodi, put a call out for Android developers, stating “we can’t stress this enough, if we don’t get an Android dev soon, Kodi for Android could very well die out. This is a significant future problem.”

Other than code being contributed back into Kodi by the developers of SPMC and MrMC, there is currently no one working on the Android version of Kodi.

“Kodi on Android is on life support.”

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Movie torrent site YIFY shut down

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Nov 052015
 

Popular torrent release group YIFY and its official YTS website have shut down permanently.

The unexpected shutdown marks the end of an era that started at the turn of the decade.

Ten days ago the popular movie torrent site YTS stopped working. The downtime raised concern among many BitTorrent users, not least because the site belongs to movie release group YIFY, which has dominated public BitTorrent sites for several years
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Spanish Government Claims Success in Internet Piracy Fight

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Aug 022015
 

The Spanish government says it’s making headway in its battle against online piracy. In a report issued by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, the government claims that illegal downloads are down, with 247 sites responding positively to copyright complaints and 31 shutting down completely.

For many years Spain was regarded as somewhat of a piracy safe-haven but in recent times the country has taken steps to repair its fractured relationship with the entertainment industries.

Since 2012, Spain has implemented a series of changes and adjustments to local copyright law, each aimed at clamping down on the online distribution of copyrighted content. January 1, 2015 saw the most notable development, with the introduction of tough new legislation aimed at quickly shutting down pirate sites.

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UK wants 10 years jail terms for online piracy

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Jul 192015
 

The UK Government has announced a new proposal to increase the maximum jail term for online piracy from two to ten years. According to the authorities longer prison sentences are needed to deter large-scale and commercial copyright infringement on the Internet.

In an effort to deter online piracy the UK Government is proposing to increase the maximum prison sentence for online copyright infringement to ten years.

The current maximum of two years is not enough to deter infringers, lawmakers argue.
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Amazon Bans Kodi/XBMC App Over Piracy Concerns

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Jun 212015
 

Amazon has removed the popular media center Kodi from the app store claiming it facilitates piracy. The software, formerly known as XBMC, doesn’t link to or host any infringing content, but third-party add-ons are giving the software a bad reputation.

Taking “infringing” apps out of popular app stores is one of Hollywood’s key anti-piracy priorities for the years to come.

Various entertainment industry groups frequently report “piracy-enabling” apps to Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon, alongside requests for the stores to take them offline.
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Premier League in anti-piracy drive

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Sep 152014
 

Premier League in anti-piracy drive

The English Premier League has signed a new partnership with media protection company Irdeto in the latest move by the top division of English football to protect its intellectual property.

Irdeto will work with the Premier League in a number of areas, including a specific programme to investigate the illegal supply of set-top boxes that allow commercial organisations – including pubs and bars in the UK and overseas – to receive illegal streams of Premier League matches.

The League said the intelligence that Irdeto will provide will enhance its ability to obtain the evidence required to take legal action against suppliers of systems that allow illegal broadcasting of games.

The partnership will also allow the League, working closely with law enforcement organisations worldwide, to pursue actions against the criminal networks that are involved in the distribution of these illegal services.

The Premier League said Irdeto’s international presence will bring a “new dimension” to its anti-piracy work by allowing the League to target illegal suppliers in countries other than the UK.

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore added: “It is only through legitimate investment in our broadcasting rights that we can put on a high quality football competition, and support and invest in all levels of English football and beyond.

“Piracy threatens that model and we are confident that our partnership with Irdeto – who have a proven track record in this area – will allow us to evolve and improve the way we guard against that threat for years to come.”

 

source: sportbusiness.com/sport-news/premier-league-partners-irdeto-anti-piracy-drive

Premier League Piracy fear forces a TV black out Albania

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Jan 212013
 

Albania has joined North Korea in becoming only the second country in the world where broadcasters have not been invited to tender for live Premier League games as the world’s richest football competition does everything in its power to stop TV piracy. New TV deals in more than 200 overseas nations will earn Premier League clubs more than £2billion for the three-year cycle from 2013-2016 inclusive, bringing in around £5.5bn in total from TV when domestic deals with Sky and BT are included.

But the TV deals keep their value  only when piracy is kept to a minimum – and  imported decoders from  Albania have become a major problem in Britain, where it  is currently  possible to watch Albanian TV’s live coverage of Premier League  games.

As long as the League do not offer  rights  for sale in Albania, that problem will cease, although Albanian  fans of English  football will then be faced with a blackout – unless  they acquire their own  imported decoders from neighbouring Greece or  Macedonia.

The  League’s determination to protect their record-busting revenues from TV deals  will be underlined this week as two British men face possible prison sentences  for an audacious scheme that made them cash from pirated football footage.

Gary Goodger, a 24-year-old from Reading, and  Jack Bannister, a 23-year-old from Burnley, were found guilty respectively of a  copyright offence and handling the proceeds of a crime after a six-day trial  last month.

Goodger had been operating a website called  FreeFootyLive, which broadcast live Premier League games he picked up from  foreign feeds with a massive satellite in his backyard in Reading, processed via  seven computers and nine satellite decoders found in his home.

The dish, which measured two metres across,  was used by Goodger to pick up Premier League games being broadcast live to  audiences in the Middle East.

Bannister was hired by Goodger to process  payments from his customers

 

source: dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-2265162/Nick-Harris-Piracy-fear-forces-Premier-League-black-Albania.html