My son gave me a Kodi for Christmas and I never hooked it up.
It’s a device that takes items of value from their rightful owner without paying for them, and if that doesn’t fit the definition on stealing, nothing does. Even if these devices haven’t, as yet, been declared illegal, I know theft when I see it.
Kodi simply plays audio and video from the sources you designate - there’s no “pre-loaded” streaming video unless someone configured it that way. It’s just a Linux media player. You can make *legal* .mp4 copies of your DVDs and have your movie and TV library on one portable hard drive (or even a big flash drive).
What do you define as rightful use?
You know what I hate?
Jerry Jones charging me $75 to park in a parking lot paid for with taxpayer dollars.
Can I play leave it to beaver reruns on demand?
If I watch a PBS show on Kodi with a paid internet connection and I fund PBS with tax dollars and it is broadcast freely on the airwaves.
How is ripping off who?
Not necessarily. All a Kodi is, is a streaming device. True, illegal streaming can be watched on it, but there is a TON of free, legal streams that can be watched on it. For example, TWIT TV ( a streaming channel with Leo Laporte that has a variety of programs concerning tech and computers), Sky TV news out of Britain, YouTube channels - I live overseas and was able to watch the debate through Fox's live stream on Youtube.
And then in turn the stars give part of their exorbitant salaries to the communists government friends for more communism. Eff them.