As usual, police and prosecutors and anti-piracy groups will emphasize how the defendant's tool enabled piracy:
"arrested in connection with creating and maintaining a Kodi add-on configured to supply illegal online streams"
"created and built a software package that enabled illegal access to BT Sport, Sky, Netflix and other subscription television content"
"creator of software package ‘stephen-builds’ which facilitated access to subscription television and film content without payment to the rights’ holders"
But when you dig into it, you'll find that he actually went a step further and promoted the fact that his tool could evade copyright:
"created multiple YouTube videos which ... demonstrated the ability of his ‘build’ to enable the viewing of subscription television and film content"
I can't help but think that this is a deliberate tactic to scare away anyone who's thinking about writing legitimate addons that happen to aid piracy in some way.
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[ 2.3 ms ] story [ 16.6 ms ] thread"arrested in connection with creating and maintaining a Kodi add-on configured to supply illegal online streams"
"created and built a software package that enabled illegal access to BT Sport, Sky, Netflix and other subscription television content"
"creator of software package ‘stephen-builds’ which facilitated access to subscription television and film content without payment to the rights’ holders"
But when you dig into it, you'll find that he actually went a step further and promoted the fact that his tool could evade copyright:
"created multiple YouTube videos which ... demonstrated the ability of his ‘build’ to enable the viewing of subscription television and film content"
I can't help but think that this is a deliberate tactic to scare away anyone who's thinking about writing legitimate addons that happen to aid piracy in some way.