JaZZCooL
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Is Navi-X illegal?

Wed Jan 29, 2014 12:29 am

hey guys,
I just bought a raspberry pi and thinking of making a media center and installing icefilms, Navi-x and channel1, but are those add-ons illegal I really want to use Navi-X specially it's live channels capability but worried that what if I use and get caught and have to pay millions of dollars or go to jail.


I would highly appreciate your help.

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redhawk
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Re: Is Navi-X illegal?

Wed Jan 29, 2014 12:56 am

I'm not really familiar with Navi-X but it looks like a search engine for videos made freely available on the internet.
As to it's legality well Navi-X itself is probably not illegal, however if the content you're watching or downloading is copyrighted then you could get into trouble with the law.
If you want to play it safe you should stick to video services like YouTube, Hulu or Netflix.

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Re: Is Navi-X illegal?

Wed Jan 29, 2014 1:41 am

VLC is perfectly legal and used to watch pirated video quite extensively.

If I recall correctly, no one got nailed for having Napster installed, but for having pirated content.

Oh, and ... I AM NOT A LAWYER! This is NOT legal advice. ;)

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Re: Is Navi-X illegal?

Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:53 am

XBMC addons like Navi-X , icefilms etc - getting premium films and channels without paying for them
are of course "not fully legit", in a similar way that torrent sites are not legit.

Will you get a knock on the door ? Highly unlikely

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