Helaas is een einde gekomen aan de kodi add-on retrospect, voor mij onbegrijpelijk dat dit vrijwillige initiatief de nek wordt omgedraait.
Today is a sad day….. Over the past months, there has been a lot of fuzz around Kodi and Kodi add-ons. Especially add-ons that stream copyrighted materials (something we do not endorse, support or promote). These add-ons give Kodi a bad reputation and are not welcome in the Kodi repository. Within the Netherlands ‘Stichting Brein’ has been hunting the builders and resellers of Kodi boxes that were created for only that purpose: streaming illegal content. These boxes came with all these illegal streaming add-on pre-installed. Many of the builders and resellers were forced to stop their activities and were fined or prosecuted.
How does this related to Retrospect? Yesterday the same organisation (‘Stichting Brein’) mentioned that they also consider just the distribution of add-ons that provide copyrighted material as a crime. And this changes things: Retrospect provides a lot of content from many sources and sites, all of which is publicly available and without copyrights. And although all the video material is publicly available via internet, streaming them directly from Kodi/Retrospect and not via the originating site/player is something that could be considered unwanted or not legal.
Retrospect is hobby I have, and I have put in a large amount of the past 15 years. And although many users are enjoying the add-on, I am not willing to put myself and my family at risk of legal actions, what so ever. So for the moment, Retrospect will be put on hold.
Today is a sad day….. Over the past months, there has been a lot of fuzz around Kodi and Kodi add-ons. Especially add-ons that stream copyrighted materials (something we do not endorse, support or promote). These add-ons give Kodi a bad reputation and are not welcome in the Kodi repository. Within the Netherlands ‘Stichting Brein’ has been hunting the builders and resellers of Kodi boxes that were created for only that purpose: streaming illegal content. These boxes came with all these illegal streaming add-on pre-installed. Many of the builders and resellers were forced to stop their activities and were fined or prosecuted.
How does this related to Retrospect? Yesterday the same organisation (‘Stichting Brein’) mentioned that they also consider just the distribution of add-ons that provide copyrighted material as a crime. And this changes things: Retrospect provides a lot of content from many sources and sites, all of which is publicly available and without copyrights. And although all the video material is publicly available via internet, streaming them directly from Kodi/Retrospect and not via the originating site/player is something that could be considered unwanted or not legal.
Retrospect is hobby I have, and I have put in a large amount of the past 15 years. And although many users are enjoying the add-on, I am not willing to put myself and my family at risk of legal actions, what so ever. So for the moment, Retrospect will be put on hold.
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