Mixed feelings. Kodi itself is a <i>completely</i> legal bit of software and a great one at that but:<p>The videos sections of Kodi rely on you feeding it files. Yes there is free media and there's a PVR plugin but, they're not the main pull. The unspoken truth is people are downloading and ripping and feeding it into the app. You can see that reflected in the regexes that parse filenames.<p>The legal status of plugins like BBC iPlayer and YouTube are strongly debatable too; they're not official plugins and both services have snotty TOSes.<p>DVD/BR ripping is illegal in many countries (including the UK).<p>So one could argue Kodi has only ever really served pirates.<p>Kodi could also be better at protecting their trademark. Ebay is still FULL of people selling devices that sell Kodi as some sort of dark portal to an unlimited cinema. They have said they're starting to work on that but without much success in 6 months.<p>I think Kodi has to tread very carefully now. They're a couple of cases away from their name being dragged through the mud. Ironically, things that used Kodi's code (Plex, Boxee) have done much better at getting official support from content providers. They need that now more than ever.