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    Five people are arrested on suspicion of selling Kodi TV streaming boxes 'fully loaded' with apps to give access to illegal pirate services.

    Four men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of selling Kodi boxes, which have been set up to illegally stream subscription sports matches, films and TV for free.
    The 'fully loaded' devices were taken at the homes of the suspects in Bolton, Bootle, Manchester and Cheadle, in the latest swoop in a major nationwide crackdown.

    The suspects, aged between 33 and 60, were arrested in early morning raids.
    A warrant was also issued for a property in Rhyl, north Wales, but no one was arrested.
    The suspects have made £250,000 from the sales of the boxes, according to police.

    They were taken to police stations for questioning and have been released on bail.
    Greater Manchester Police, Merseyside Police and City of London Police joined forces with investigators for the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) to carry out the arrests.
    Similar combined raids are planned for other parts of the country, but specific locations cannot be disclosed at this stage.

    Kieron Sharp, Director General of FACT, said: 'Today's day of action should send out a clear warning to anyone involved in the sale and distribution of illegal set-top boxes that law enforcement and industry take this matter very seriously.
    'Set-top boxes loaded with apps and add-ons allowing access to copyright infringing material are very much illegal and anyone involved in selling these boxes should not be surprised to receive a knock on the door.'
    FACT has no estimate of how many UK residents own the Kodi software.
    Jo Johnson, Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, said: 'Profiting from illegal streaming is completely unacceptable. The UK's creative industries are a national asset that must be protected.
    'Today's efforts have shown that partnership works. I wish to congratulate FACT and the police for ending these criminal operations.'
    This isn't the first time that someone has been arrested for selling 'fully loaded' Kodi boxes.

    Terry O'Reilly, 53, was handed a four-year sentence in December 2016.
    He is believed to have made more than £1million by selling more than 1,000 of the streaming boxes to pubs.
    They were used to stream Premier League matches for free.
    Will O'Leary, who worked with O'Reilly, was given a two-year suspended sentence after he pleaded guilty.
    Brian Thompson, 54, is being prosecuted by Middlesborough Council on suspicion of selling Kodi boxes from his shop Cut Price Tomo TVs.
    He will stand trial in May.

    What is Kodi TV?
    Kodi is a free service that streams apps and on-demand services onto your TV.
    The software, which is legal, can even be downloaded onto an Amazon Fire stick.
    Blank boxes can be bought from most major retailers for as little as £20, with the software uploaded afterwards.
    Users can play BBC iPlayer, Youtube, Soundcloud and other free catch-up apps on the device.
    But many of the plug-ins the box offers are illegal.
    Be wary if the box is pre-loaded to include subscription sport, TV and movies for free.
    Commonly the 'fully loaded' boxes let users watch Premier League games or Sky Movies without paying a subscription fee.

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    Probably used PayPal also to complete the transactions..................Duhhhhhhh

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    Really, Terry O'Reilly made more than a million pounds by selling more 1,000 boxes. Was he selling them for a 1,000 pounds each?

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    This clear as mud...

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    UK is the hub for third party software. They got to be nuts if they think they can stop it. lol

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    yeah, but to blatantly have kodi preinstalled is just asking for it..
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    Pre loaded is stupid but with the click of a button you load it yourself , at the end of the day the results are the same. Just chasing their own tails, looking for a legal stance.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Hanky View Post
    Pre loaded is stupid but with the click of a button you load it yourself , at the end of the day the results are the same. Just chasing their own tails, looking for a legal stance.
    Agreed! Dumb da dumb dumb

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    Quote Originally Posted by fonger View Post
    yeah, but to blatantly have kodi preinstalled is just asking for it..
    nothing illegal at all having a box with kodi. Lets not get mixed up with KODI which a legal and a box with 3rd party software installed which allows viewing of "pay tv".
    I absolutely hate the wording..."Kodi TV streaming boxes." They are streaming boxes WITH KODI on the boxes. Again KODI is 100% legal.....
    It's pissing me off with morons like this dragging KODI into the ground....
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    Quote Originally Posted by kenkell1 View Post
    nothing illegal at all having a box with kodi. Lets not get mixed up with KODI which a legal and a box with 3rd party software installed which allows viewing of "pay tv".
    I absolutely hate the wording..."Kodi TV streaming boxes." They are streaming boxes WITH KODI on the boxes. Again KODI is 100% legal.....
    It's pissing me off with morons like this dragging KODI into the ground....
    Once again that's before the click of a button. lol Why did a Mikabu loader become illegal ? Same principal here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Hanky View Post
    Once again that's before the click of a button. lol Why did a Mikabu loader become illegal ? Same principal here.
    KODI is a multi-platform home-theater PC application. If they make it illegal then they have to make media player, real player, VLC and a whole lot of other software illegal as well.
    Now....what is installed from 3rd party addons onto KODI is a different story but Kodi will not ever be made illegal....it would be like making Window 10 illegal....

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    Too many peeps using internet provided streaming boxes have no idea of what the correct terminology is and cause confusion and misconceptions amongst the rest of the folks. I stopped trying to educate these folks long ago because no one listened. Kodi is not illegal, IPTV is a protocol...not a service, etc. yet the masses still don't get it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by c8rbk1ng View Post
    Too many peeps using internet provided streaming boxes have no idea of what the correct terminology is and cause confusion and misconceptions amongst the rest of the folks. I stopped trying to educate these folks long ago because no one listened. Kodi is not illegal, IPTV is a protocol...not a service, etc. yet the masses still don't get it!
    Exactly......and these bozos selling these boxes preloaded with IPTV and the sub info are idiots and the ones that place a target on a lot of peoples back. You can buy a MXg Pro streaming box and put Kodi on it....But it isn't a Kodi box...I use a Zoomtak T8X and call it our media super store lol....But I don't call it a Kodi tv box although Kodi is on it because it rocks lol....so does the T8X.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kenkell1 View Post
    KODI is a multi-platform home-theater PC application. If they make it illegal then they have to make media player, real player, VLC and a whole lot of other software illegal as well.
    Now....what is installed from 3rd party addons onto KODI is a different story but Kodi will not ever be made illegal....it would be like making Window 10 illegal....
    Not to many people would disagree, windows 10 should be illegal.

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    Kodi is 1 of about 25 apps I have on my 3 streaming boxes and computer so is it fair to the other 24 apps to call the boxes Kodi boxes or a Kodi computer? Terminology is important yet very few users use the correct terminology. BTW, all Windows OSs should be illegal !

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