Rumours for sd ending aswell new security?

[nigela]

Funny that but Sportsdevil is still working on my android box.

[digicon]

Not for much longer:

[COLOR=#000000][FONT=proxima-nova][I]The Federation Against Copyright Theft has taken action a popular piece of software by having it removed from Github. The open source SportsDevil tool enabled the free steaming of live sports events from around the world. FACT informs TF that despite it not providing any of its own content, SportsDevil was "likely" committing an offense.[/I][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=proxima-nova][URL="http://torrentfreak.com/images/sportsdev.jpg"][IMG]http://torrentfreak.com/images/sportsdev.jpg[/IMG][/URL]There are dozens, perhaps hundreds of sites offering either illegal sports streams viewable via embedded players or indexes of links to the same. It is these resources that were leveraged by SportsDevil, a piece of open source software popular in the various [URL="http://xbmc.org/"]XBMC/Kodi[/URL] and [URL="http://www.tvaddons.ag/tvmc-android/"]TVMC[/URL] communities.
Under development at Github, SportsDevil?s aim is to present its tens, perhaps hundreds of thousands of users with links to external video sources via a convenient interface, covering everything from live NFL, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey and motorsports, combat sports such as UFC and boxing, plus football and soccer from both sides of the Atlantic.
This week, however, SportsDevil?s reign on Github was brought to an end following action from UK-based anti-piracy group Federation Against Copyright Theft. While FACT is closely affiliated with Hollywood studios, it also represents the rights of major sports broadcasters and rightsholders including The Premier League, British Sky Broadcasting Ltd and BT Sport.
[IMG]http://torrentfreak.com/images/FACT-SD.png[/IMG]In its takedown notice, FACT explains what SportsDevil does and why it should be taken down.
?The files found at the following locations facilitate linking to sites known to provide access to streams of infringing content. The sites are subsequently scraped for links to various broadcasts including those whose copyrights belong to FACT members,? the group explains.
In addition to the ZIP files for the project, FACT targeted 47 configuration files enabling SportsDevil to pull links to content from sites such as FirstRowSports, Wiziwig.tv and[URL="http://torrentfreak.com/cricfree-bounces-back-after-uk-police-domain-seizure-140524/"]Cricfree[/URL], a site that was targeted by PIPCU earlier this year.
TorrentFreak contacted FACT about the takedown and asked if this was the first piece of software to be taken down by the group.
?This is not the first time and with development of technology, we don?t anticipate it will be the last,? FACT told TF.
[URL="http://torrentfreak.com/images/fact.jpg"][IMG]http://torrentfreak.com/images/fact.jpg[/IMG][/URL]We also put it to FACT that although it?s pretty clear what SportDevil is designed to do, the tool itself is often far removed from actual infringing content and could be several steps down the linking chain. Does that present issues?
?That?s the point of what we?re doing. The tool is creating alternative ways of accessing content, and we view that as a likely offense,? FACT said.
Also of interest is the formatting of FACT?s takedown notice, which references neither UK law where its members are based nor US law where Github is located.
?Our takedown notices are modeled on DMCA notices. In this particular case, they were adapted to comply with Github DMCA policy,? FACT confirmed.
It?s worth noting that Github recently [URL="http://torrentfreak.com/new-github-dmca-policy-gives-alleged-infringers-second-chance-141017/"]updated its takedown processes[/URL] to give projects more time to ?fix? any issues following a DMCA complaint but it appears SportsDevil?s creators didn?t take up that opportunity.
TF spoke with an expert on this type of software who told us that while its removal from Github will be a setback, it won?t mean the end of the tool.
?If an addon?s repository is removed from GitHub, the addon author loses the ability to push further updates to the addon, so unless users install the author?s new repository (which they would have to do manually) further automated updates won?t take place,? he explained.
Finally, we asked FACT if it intends to target more software tools in future.
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[COLOR=#000000][FONT=proxima-nova]?Where we see a threat to our members? content, we?ll continue to seek appropriate ways of dealing with it,? FACT conclude.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[alienkargo]

I had an email last week saying our friends in Italy had found a fix for their S*Y hd channels but were unsure how long it would last.Unfortunately I've not set up a multi sat receiver yet so can't vouch for this,but it sounds promising for the rest of us!

[webhead]

I think digicon is trying to scare people , just buy an android box everyone put kodi on it , install addons job done , it takes 2 secs to get everything working again when they block it , sat is dead.

[mrmack25]

so if android boxes are the forward way webhead why cant i find all the same channels that are on sat an android box i.e mtv all the discovery channels all sky movies all kids channels etc so on and so forth if there is all these can u provide links of where to add these to the likes of xbmc etc please

[digicon]

I think digicon is trying to scare people , just buy an android box everyone put kodi on it , install addons job done , it takes 2 secs to get everything working again when they block it , sat is dead.

Not trying to scare anyone that information posted is taken from kodi/xbmc themselves cant be any clearer than that

[jovie]

they can block all they like its gust like the internet is a large siv there will be something new tomorrow
the providers are greedy.

[mrmack25]

but to be fair there will always be a hacker that breaks through as there are to many of us out there on the interweb

[benny/9]

there will always be lots of views and guesses on this subject
but everyone must know that providers will do everything to
stop non subscribers from obtaining there services, and they
have deep pockets to throw any amount of cash as RD at this
problem and you can bet they can claim most of the cash back
from the tax man, i think most should just enjoy what they have
and dont hold your breath for a quick fix.

[PremierD]

.......................as requested

[maca]

I think digicon is trying to scare people , just buy an android box everyone put kodi on it , install addons job done , it takes 2 secs to get everything working again when they block it , sat is dead.

Not with a motor on your dish its not. seems you have tunnel vision for the one sat ..

[Elric]

so if android boxes are the forward way webhead why cant i find all the same channels that are on sat an android box i.e mtv all the discovery channels all sky movies all kids channels etc so on and so forth if there is all these can u provide links of where to add these to the likes of xbmc etc please

ive got about 5 sly movie channels,most of the sly sports,ive seen bt sports (but not tried it) via live tv on xbmc

[mrmack25]

they all lag far to much on xbmc cuz of there constant lack of up n download speeds due to stream sources not being able to play catch up quick enough

[Elric]

they all lag far to much on xbmc cuz of there constant lack of up n download speeds due to stream sources not being able to play catch up quick enough

im happy with it as i dont watch that much tv,but if i was really concerned about it i would look into paying for it

[blueflash234]

I think digicon is trying to scare people , just buy an android box everyone put kodi on it , install addons job done , it takes 2 secs to get everything working again when they block it , sat is dead.

sat is far from dead the sat providers are spending a lot of money upgrading there sats and eqipment they would not be doing that if it was dead what i think you mean the freeish cheap viewing may be dead as benny says they have a lot of money to throw at it once they sort sat out they will turn to the streaming content and they will sort that to, and even if sat does get cracked it will go underground and all of us will not get apart from a few this is where i would think you can blame the pay servers for forcing the sat company's to take drastic measures