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Facebook Bans the Sale of All Kodi Boxes (torrentfreak.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the cease-and-desist dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Facebook previously banned the sale of fully-loaded pirate streaming devices, as did Amazon and eBay, but the social network appears to have expanded this to all Kodi-powered hardware now. This is made clear in the prohibited content section of the company's commerce policies, as shown below. Facebook states that users are no longer allowed to promote "the sale or use of streaming devices with KODI installed." In addition, jailbroken or loaded devices are also banned from the platform. The issue was first noticed by CordCuttersNews which notes that sellers who violate the policy may have their Facebook accounts banned. Interestingly, Facebook will still permit the sale of "add-on equipment for KODI devices," including keyboards and remotes. However, selling any devices with the software itself is no longer allowed.

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  1. I guess they will ban VCRs next? by kalpol · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If they ban Kodi they'd better start banning Raspberry Pis, Mythboxes, HDHomerun tuners, and VCRs.

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  2. maybe they should ban comuters too by renegade600 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    computers, mobile devices, gaming consoles all can stream illegal material.

    come to think of it, lets ban facebook, people use it to share kiddy porn, share links to illegal material, also facebook illegally collect data from non-users who have no way to tell them to stop like the members do. they also share personal data collected...

    The reality is, kodi is legit device that streams legal content. If you decided to ban everything that can be used for illegal activity, then there will be nothing left but to twiddle our fingers - as long as that is what we are using our fingers for.

  3. This changes everything by scourfish · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know that when I want to purchase something, I don't think Amazon or Ebay or Craigslist. I think Facebook, the de-facto powerhouse of e-commerce. Who will take up the reigns in light of this gaping loss of places to buy streaming devices?

  4. Facebook is a store, now? by jtara · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I guess I missed something while I was never on Facebook...

    Facebook is a store now?

    Facebook has a merchant platform?

    Facebook is banning promotion of devices with Kodi pre-installed by users/company presences? (Or whatever they call them...)

    Did Trump just make Zuckerberg Secretary of Commerce?

    So, I guess it's a trend to ban pre-installation of open-source software, now?

    Sure, today is Kodi. Tomorrow it's cURL...

  5. Re:Need to go further! by ArchieBunker · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why do you think they big companies are getting rid of headphone jacks? Perfect way to implement a DRM flag.

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