[Kib]

Now that everyone has had their fun, I believe this question also requires a more serious answer.

I think you might have seen news that several shops (selling boxes configured to use piracy streams) might be shutting down, now that court cases against these shop owners are passing their first judgements, and they are facing jailtime.

None of these shops have anything to do with Kodi - actually They are killing our brand and damaging our reputation. In addition, their use of our name is against our trademark policy (wiki).

In addition this usages of our brand makes it harder for us to actually work with content providers to get legal content and official add-ons in our repositories.

Personally I am more than happy to see this happening as these shops are constantly associating our name with piracy usage, going as far as to call their devices "Kodi box", which to me is similar to selling a laptop with Firefox preconfigured to visit lots of porn sites with stolen accounts and calling it a "firefox laptop", or advertising with "Firefox gives you free access to paid porn sites."

So to summarise: We are not shutting down, but hopefully some of the people misusing our name are.

[tornicade]

WTH .. now I gotta get FIREFOX

[CaBrA]

I was talking about this:

https://www.redeszone.net/2016/12/28/kod...industria/

[Kib]

That is not news, just clickbait.
hey are using the wrong logo even.
Respond to them and tell them they are idiots.

EDIT: 28th of december ...

[Kib]

I was talking about this:

https://www.redeszone.net/2016/12/28/kod...industria/

Actually that is a Santos Inocentes message, you should have clicked the link.

The day of the innocents (the day of the dumb):
In Spain, Hispanic America, and the Philippines,December 28 is still a day for pranks, equivalent to April Fool's Day in many countries. Pranks (bromas) are also known as inocentadas and their victims are called inocentes; alternatively, the pranksters are the "inocentes" and the victims should not be angry at them, since they could not have committed any sin. Media like newspapers, radio, and TV often give fake content or distort news as well.

[jjd-uk]

Damn does that mean we're not getting our millions

[fritsch]

Not again more millions ... still enough of the old ones.

[Kib]

I want my money now.

[Lunatixz]

We just waiting for the cheque from Microsoft to clear

Out of solidarity, SPMC will also end in 2017 (when I get my share of the money)

LOL , Thanks for the great work... and the RC release

[da-anda]

meeeh, again late to the game and all the money is already gone

[Koying]

meeeh, again late to the game and all the money is already gone

We'll buy you a beer

[Martijn]

meeeh, again late to the game and all the money is already gone

You'll just spend it on destroying your home anyway

[jjd-uk]

meeeh, again late to the game and all the money is already gone

Sorry that last lot of women of ill repute were really expensive

[da-anda]

meeeh, again late to the game and all the money is already gone

You'll just spend it on destroying your home anyway

home is already destroyed, it's time to rebuild with a proper home cinema setup

[Kib]

Sorry that last lot of women of ill repute were really expensive

You paid ? I was told it was on the house