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It's very illegal but he MPAA learned that coming after end users is a non-starter so they push the boundaries of the law when going after operators. The MPAA is intensely interested in eliminating streaming services, more so than even torrents.
The fire stick one of many small computers that you plug into your TV's HDMI port. You load software that you can download from the internet onto your small computer, which enables you to stream just about anything you want that has been pirated. Think of it like a pirated free netflix with content that is still in the theater and tv shows. This should do to TV what napster and torrenting has done to the music and film industry. For example, Hulu now finally offers a commercial free version.
I shut my cable tv off two years ago because I hardly watched it and I can stream or download 99% of the few shows that I do watch.
No, there was a hack but kodi hasn't been ported to it.
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http://bciptf.org/?p=1654 talks about streaming
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Excellent citation, however, pay close attention to the bottom two paragraphs where the author comes out of the afterglow of getting free stuff and back to reality. I'm not a lawyer but I do understand the MPAA pretty well. They are extremely effective in the courts. They also employ private security firms to conduct every from of attack imaginable against an intended target. I can only describe that opinion piece as out of touch, except the two bottom paragraphs. The MPAA are extremely active in perusing anyone that creates a streaming service, which is why the addons that stream these shows are developed in secret by parties that attempt to remain anonymous. There have been streaming app developers who did not take measures to conceal their identity who have been identified and forced by threat of legal action to eliminate their streaming app.
See: http://www.tvaddons.ag/mashup-xbmc/ & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NinjaVideo & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popcorn_Time
Regardless of the method of transmission, an end user is streaming their content. Also, 99% of what's on these apps is not live streaming content that can't be captured. Almost everything is just a file on someone's server somewhere that is being watched through a streaming service that can also download and store the file locally.
I use normal internet service from a local provider in conjunction with a paid VPN service. I disconnected my TV service not my internet connection. You don't have to get a bundle as much as they try to convince you that you should.
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