Some users are already claiming they've received copyright infringement notices from their ISPs. National Trading Standards will continue to protect legitimate business and pursue those who breach copyright in this way.' (Reported by The Express.) The Kodi Situation in the US 'I would warn any person or business selling or operating such a device that they are in breach of copyright law. He is the Chair of National Trading Standards in the UK: It would be wise to heed the advice of Lord Toby Harris. There doesn't seem to be much chance of it happening at the moment, but things can change quickly. Whether the courts could eventually prosecute end-users is unclear. O'Reilly (Quote via City of London Police). Kevin Plumb, Premier League Director of Legal Services, speaking after the conviction of Mr. There can now be no doubt for consumers that these systems are illegal.' 'The courts have provided a clear message: this is against the law and selling systems which allow people to watch unauthorized Premier League broadcasts is a form of mass piracy and is sufficiently serious to warrant a custodial sentence. Prosecutors claim that the buyers used the boxes to show live Premier League soccer to their patrons for free. He faced a charge of 'selling adapted devices for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of effective technological measures' and was fined £250,000.Īnother man, Terry O'Reilly, is already serving a four-year term for the less serious 'conspiracy to defraud,' after he allegedly sold more than 1,000 Kodi boxes to pubs around the country. A man from Middlesbrough became the first person to be prosecuted for selling fully loaded Kodi boxes when he stood trial in May 2017. In the UK, there is now a serious push to clamp down on the sellers of these devices.

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