Third party addons being pulled by developers

[dara]

Drama... many popular 3rd party addons are being pulled and shut down, because someone out there is doing a copy/paste job on their code. Oh well.

[daddyrat50]

All them people is ruining it for everyone else!!

[Kimbo]

This has been an issue but is becoming worse!!

[pod77]

Well at least we know we won't have anymore leaching going on... Yes people that use the addon will be pissed but at least you can close the loophole! Glad to see you are nipping this in the bud quick before the servers get over run in the next few weeks with 1000's of free users! Thanks all for being proactive before this gets out of control!!! 👍👍👍👍

[dara]

Well at least we know we won't have anymore leaching going on... Yes people that use the addon will be pissed but at least you can close the loophole! Glad to see you are nipping this in the bud quick before the servers get over run in the next few weeks with 1000's of free users! Thanks all for being proactive before this gets out of control!!! ��������

We're not talking about IPTV Stalker. Its code is open source, but the streams from NFPS aren't. If security changes, then it has to be changed as well. The addons that are down include MetalKettle's, UKTurk, some parts of Phoenix, Cold as Ice, Exodus, IVue Guide ... basically their sources were plucked by a build maker into a single add-on.

[dara]

Here's a list of those that are going dark...



The following addons are down or will be pulled later today and with more rumoured to be following suit.

UK Turk (@uk_turk)
Team Wookie (@wookie_wizardry)
Adrian Sports (@adrian141730)
NJM Soccer (@njmsoccer)
MoneySports (@MONEYSPORTS_RH)
Mats Jukebox (@matsbuilds)
Cold As Ice (@cold_as_ice)
RenegadesTV (@RenegadesTv)
The Animal Build (@AnimalsKodi)
MetalKettle Repo (@Metal_Kettle)
VidTime ( @rockcrusher01 ) (@Javaman_sv) (@Lefty0971) (@Woody_Is_Back)
Project Cypher (@Project_Cypher)
Dandymedia (@GrantWilt)

[ilan]

It's a shame the a-holes triumph...

[kens]

This is from KODI Site;

Team Kodi maintains an officially neutral stance on what users do with their own software. Kodi is open source software, and as long as the GPL is followed, you are welcome to do with it as you like. So while we don’t love this use of Kodi, as long as you know what illegal and potentially dangerous things you are getting yourself into and accept the fact that the Team will not be providing you with any support, then you are welcome to do what you like.
The Problem

The problem is this: There have been a wave of sellers who decided to make a quick buck modifying Kodi, installing broken piracy add-ons, advertising that Kodi let’s you watch free movies and TV, and then vanishing when the user buys the box and finds out that the add-on they were sold on was a crummy, constantly breaking mess. These sellers are dragging users into the world of piracy without their knowledge and at the same time convincing new users that Kodi is a buggy mess, because they never differentiate Kodi from 3rd party add-ons. Every day a new user shows up on the Kodi forum, totally unaware that the free movies they’re watching have been pirated and surprised to discover that Kodi itself isn’t providing those movies.