Copyright infringement for using Kodi

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Are you using the ISP provided modem and router at your house?

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what would that have to do with anything?

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My friend is just streaming, and yes he uses At&t modem and provided ISP.

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ya'll didnt think comcast & att were ignoring KODI did you?

Comcast Starts Issuing Copyright Infringement Notices to Kodi Users

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Many of Kodi’s unofficial add-ons use peer-to-peer streaming that does not hide your IP as you are both downloading the file you are streaming and sharing it with other users who want to watch the same show as you watch the show. Often users of these 3rd party unofficial add-ons are unaware they re-sharing the file in a similar way to how Bittorrent works.

In the case of the report above the Comcast subscriber was using a 3rd party unofficial Kodi add-on on a Fire TV Stick.

Until now there haven’t been any reports of Kodi users being hit with lawsuits or copyright claims that are so popular with bittorrent users. Yet it is possible to track users of peer-to-peer streaming services similarly to how bittorrent users are tracked.

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meauxjeaux2

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there's lots of ways around this. i have never gotten an infringement letter and i've never resorted to a VPN.

here are a few tips
- dont use something so obviously in use by the masses that comcast/att/google will be able to detect the signature for eventually to either block or send you nasty letters in the mail.

- if downloading a torrent, you sure as hell shouldn't leave it seeding. wait for it to download (shouldnt take more than 5-10 minutes at most these days) then DELETE THE DAMN SEED so you don't leave your PC open for random 'sniffing' by comcast.

- dont download from a well-known site like piratebay. you think comcast is going to ignore the request to pirate bay for torrent data when you're routing that through their docsis3 aka 'comcast listening inside' modem?

- the more obscure/private the tracker or app, the less likely comcast or att is going to spend their energy to chase it and you down. if you blatantly install KODI with a bunch of vanilla default-settings copyright-violation add-ons, they're going to be on you like white-on-rice.

Are there ways to change the default settings in kodi to be more protective of the add ons?

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you think comcast is going to ignore the request to pirate bay for torrent data when you're routing that through their docsis3 aka 'comcast listening inside' modem?

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Is that how comcast does it? With Cox, you don't get a notice unless Cox is notified by the copyright holder that they caught your IP seeding. Otherwise, they aren't paying attention or at least don't care.

When I had U-Verse, I was pretty reckless with my torrenting and never got a notice from AT&T. When I switched to Cox, I recall getting two notices within a couple of days of each other. I switched to private trackers which solved the problem. I don't use any VPN for Cartoon HD or Kodi/Genesis/whatever.

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But the way I understood the article cad posted was even if you are streaming you are sharing the files with others?? I didn't think that's the way it was.. I thought you had to download it in order to share not stream it..

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Yeah, it depends on the service you use. Genesis is one-way (i.e. not torrent-based, no seeding). PopcornTime, which is basically obsolete, is torrent-based, so you are seeding while you're watching the movie.

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comcast probably paying closer attention since their parent also owns a studio.

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yessir.

also read up on 'docsis3' and you'll understand a bit more why comcast deactivated all modems that don't contain this in the last few years.

basically it gives them alot more tools to 'assist' you if you are having trouble with your connection.

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With Cox, you don't get a notice unless Cox is notified by the copyright holder that they caught your IP seeding. Otherwise, they aren't paying attention or at least don't care.

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Cox doesn't own the content. Comcast owns some of the actual content and content providers so they have more of a vested interest in it.

Seems a bit fricked up to let the owners of the infrastructure also own the companies providing content to be consumed over the infrastructure. Talk about a conflict of interest.

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ya'll didnt think comcast & att were ignoring KODI did you? 

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For their sake, I hope not.

If you blindly install kodi with any addon, think it's okay, and do whatever you want and get caught, you deserve every bit of a penalty for your ignorance and stupidity.