What are they? CameraFI is a Korean Android application that allows a smartphone owner to take content being received or viewed live on their device and simultaneously record it or stream it globally on all major livestreaming applications such as Facebook Live and YouTube Live. It would also most likely result in a slightly different, reengineered version of the technology appearing on the market before the ink on any law has dried.Ĭase in point: CameraFI and DU Recorder. Or, in the brick-and-mortar world, holding the manufacturer of the fertilizer ammonium nitrate responsible for the mixing of its product with diesel fuel and other ingredients to create a bomb.įinally, any attempt to impose a widespread restriction on the use of KODI technology would likely do more harm than good, cause a chilling effect on the rights of individuals and on freedom of expression. To hold KODI legally responsible for the illegal implementation of its technology would be akin to holding Google, Microsoft or other browser and search engine companies liable for the implementation of their technology for an illegal purpose such as downloading or trafficking in child pornography. Third-party developers, over whom the KODI community has no direct control, are creating add-ons that allow a user to use it illegally and access copyrighted content that is not controlled by or centrally stored by the KODI technology. While the Napster case was demonstrative of how an apparently benign and legal technology can still be found illegal depending upon its implementation by the user, the conundrum of KODI is more difficult. In 2001, the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit affirmed a district court's injunction against Napster, finding that the technology facilitated the widespread illegal sharing of proprietary content without the consent of the owners of the copyrighted material. Essentially, KODI add-ons are a loosely analogous version of turn of the century, peer-to-peer audio MP3 file sharing technology embodied by a company called Napster.
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