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Where does the law stand now?

Unaltered Kodi boxes are perfectly legal but the content that can be streamed on "pre-loaded" boxes is causing controversy.

This content can range from Sky Sports to films currently in the cinema, and that, prosecutors claim, is illegal.

If you're already comfortable with watching streams on websites such as Putlocker, then using Kodi with particular add-ons is no different. If you aren't, it's worth steering clear of many of Kodi's most popular extensions.

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This is when Kodi streaming boxes could become illegal
 

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Might as well declare all PCs, Tablets and Phones illegal as they can also be used for dodgy purposes.
 

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Might as well declare all PCs, Tablets and Phones illegal as they can also be used for dodgy purposes.
Give them time.......!
 

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Well, the TV licensing types are already claiming "If you own a computer, you need a license too" as they assume we're all watching iplayer 24/7, so the case against computers has already begun...
 

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in canada bell.rogerss and cbc got the government to declare kodi boxes illegal to sell loaded but we still buy them in america loaded and nobody has been charged for using
 

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Well, the TV licensing types are already claiming "If you own a computer, you need a license too" as they assume we're all watching iplayer 24/7, so the case against computers has already begun...

If it was from the BBC then it might make sense, but nobody takes the rants from the private outsourcing numpties from Capita seriously.



 
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private outsourcing numpties from Capita seriously.

Don't get me started on capita, paid both council tax bills via the pay online option, using my debit card. Both councils use them to process the payments :(

Then I go to pay the ground rent due on my flat, and the housing association online payment processing uses capita.

Then I get to the TV license pay online portal to find its capita processing my card again.

Is there no pies, they don't have a finger in?
 

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Is there no pies, they don't have a finger in?

Probably not, it's one of them things that where there's money, there's companies like Capita, being the profiteering middleman that makes things more expensive than they need to be...
 

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Is there no pies, they don't have a finger in?

They are doing what they can to give their various departments arty names ( paid for by the sods they haul up before the courts - which they also have a hand in - )
but a decent search will find them out. They are no better since the chief numpty left four years back, apart from the profiteering.

Paul Pindar: the man who took the "r" out of Capita
 

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The last three words of the linkie description say it all.
 

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The Daily Mail, where fact is 100% made up, but it's true cos the Daily Mail says so... :-rofl2
 

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Hard copies are sold only in Tunbridge Wells.
 
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