XBMC's Piracy Stance: Draft

Multi Documentary Streams - video add-on
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=116946

Filmi BY NATURE Add-on - MOVIES[Hindi, Tamil, Telugu]+MUSIC+TV SHOWS
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=100795

do some reasearch and then make claims... this is becoming ridiculous

From http://www.documentarystream.com/ (source of Multi Documentary Streams) : "All streaming documentaries posted under Fair Use from third party streaming sites like YouTube and Vimeo."
And enough with the Navi-X already.. There's a clear exempt about it in point 4-B !

macf1an Wrote:do some reasearch and then make claims... this is becoming ridiculous

From http://www.documentarystream.com/ (source of Multi Documentary Streams) : "All streaming documentaries posted under Fair Use from third party streaming sites like YouTube and Vimeo."
And enough with the Navi-X already.. There's a clear exempt about it in point 4-B !

You are saying if any addon has a section without pirated material, then it would be ah okay.
So if the icefilms addon was to add a pbs kids section, would that make it a non piracy addon?

rogerthis Wrote:You are saying if any addon has a section without pirated material, then it would be ah okay.
So if the icefilms addon was to add a pbs kids section, would that make it a non piracy addon?

do you understand what piracy is? think you need to head over to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement

people need to stop now, there is a new forum for addons that are not allowed to be discussed on here. so what is the problem?

your still allowed to use icefilm addon on xbmc just not allowed to discuss it on the xbmc forums. god knows why this topic is 13 pages!

Quote:4B. The add-on has the potential to access pirated content, but is potentially useful for downloading legal content as well. [For example, an add-on that downloads torrents is not, itself, a problem, since a torrent can cover a wide variety content, including legally distrubuted videos.

krish_2k4 Wrote:do you understand what piracy is? think you need to head over to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement

What exactly are you saying?

rogerthis Wrote:You are saying if any addon has a section without pirated material, then it would be ah okay.
So if the icefilms addon was to add a pbs kids section, would that make it a non piracy addon?

natethomas Wrote:4. "Pirated content" addons, websites, and services typically do not include the following (to be determined on a case-by-case basis if nessesary):
...
B. The add-on has the potential to access pirated content, but is potentially useful for downloading legal content as well. [For example, an add-on that downloads torrents is not, itself, a problem, since a torrent can cover a wide variety content, including legally distrubuted videos.]

Rules.

Natethomas, wasn't aware of the long history on the Foundation topic, sorry.

macf1an Wrote:Rules.

So, is that a yes or a no to: So if the icefilms addon was to add a pbs kids section, would that make it a non piracy addon?

@natethomas - as much as it's a favourite website (although I haven't tried the plugin) does this thread fall under the policy? http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=96158

Sorry to users of it, but the policy is there and an alternative home exists.

Edit: Whoops - 4(b) covers that - off to get the plugin

rogerthis Wrote:So, is that a yes or a no to: So if the icefilms addon was to add a pbs kids section, would that make it a non piracy addon?

Dude, come on. This isn't neither funny nor clever.
I already mentioned it once - youtube also gives access to pirated content along with the legally uploaded. LOTS AND LOTS of it. Nobody is putting in on the table and I'm not shoving it in your face either. Or your rule does not apply to it?
In the same way that a torrent can link to both pirated content and legal stuff, the user-submitted and maintained playlists (which Navi-X simply plays on XBMC) can link to both. So it falls exacty under point 4B: Not designed for piracy but potentially able to serve it along with legal content I'm tired of rephrasing this again and again. Let's stop - I'm sure you have lots of other addons to report.