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Kodi and copyright law

Published on: 02 February 2017
Published by a LexisNexis IP expert

Table of contents

  • What is Kodi and is it legal?
  • What aspects of its operation have come under scrutiny as potentially opening up sellers of the product to prosecution?
  • Numerous technology products can be manipulated to be used illegally but that does not make the product itself illegal. Is there an argument therefore that it is not illegal if you do not download anything?
  • How big an issue is this? Have there been any other similar cases decided on matters such as pirated content and ‘add-ons’ with regards to streaming services, and if so, what were their outcome?
  • What security issues are there for IPTV and set-top box users?
  • Are there any other developments relating to IP crime at the moment which are worthy of mention?

Article summary

IP & IT analysis: Alice Skeats, director of communications at FACT, the intellectual property protection organisation, examines the challenge which Kodi boxes present for copyright law.

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