The team behind the Kodi media player used by millions around the world to watch movies, TV shows and live sports say they are sick of being linked to piracy.
The platform has grown to become one of the most used pieces of software that people use to stream, download and obtain copyright infringing content.
But those using the Kodi name to promote streaming copyrighted material are facing legal action for trademark abuse.
Living rooms around the globe are likely to have a device running Kodi because it is so easy to run on Smart TVs.
The problem is that Kodi is just a media player, it carries no content.
However, it has the ability to run third-party plugins that in many instances make infringing content available to the user.
Read more: The best Kodi add-ons you CAN use without breaking copyright laws
So, when people load Kodi with plugins recommended by a friend and see the latest movies listed, they believe that Kodi – and the people behind Kodi – are the ones providing them with the movies.
For Team Kodi this is a huge problem.
Not only are they already wrongly associated with an ever-increasing amount of infringing activity, the installed add-ons often break or do not function as advertised. When users get problems they head off to the Kodi forums and vent.
The recent media spotlight on the arrests of five people in England for selling pre-loaded Kodi set-top boxes worth £250,000 has led the team to update their list of add-ons that are not associated with the Kodi brand.
Read more: Could you be in trouble with the law for using Kodi to stream sport, movies and TV shows?
Anyone accessing content from a pirate site is involving themselves in unlawful behaviour, however, no one in Britain has ever been fined or prosecuted for illegally streaming content.
Kodi add-ons blacklist:
123Movies
1Channel
4K UHD
Adryanlist
Aftershock
All Movies Stream
Amigos
Animeram
Ares Wizard
BaddAssMovies4U
BBTS
Beast
Binky TV
CartoonHD
Cartoons8
cCloud TV
Cloudword
Community Portal (The Community Portal)
Daffys
DexterTV
Diesel
DOCU-HUB
Eliplex TV
Entertainment Hub
Exodus
F4Mtester
Falcon
F.T.V.
Film Dictator
Free Streams
GoMovies
GoTV
Halow
i4atv
I Watch Online
IceFilms
Indian TV (OTT)
Indigo
IPTV Stalker (not to be confused with Stalker Middleware)
IPTV Simple Client 2 (not to be confused with the original and official "IPTV Simple Client")
iStream
iVue TV
iwannawatch
J1nxPack (Jinx/J1nx Pack)
Jango Music
Jeckyll Hyde
Kidsflix
Kiss Anime
Kodiland
KodiUK TV Wizard
LatestDude
Marvin
MashUp
Mega Search
MK Sports
Modbro Video
MoneySports
Movie Hut
Movie Night
Movie25
Movie4k
MoviesHD
Movies XK
MovieStorm
MuchMovies
Mutts Nuts
Navi-X
Nemesis
NLView
OCW Reborn
OneClickMoviez
Online Movies Pro
Operation Robocop
Ororo TV (ororo.tv)
Paragon
Plexus
Phoenix
Popcorn Time
Prime Links
Primewire
Project Cypher
ProjectFreeTV (Project Free TV)
RapidBit
Renegades TV
Rlseries
RobinHood Project
Royal We (The Royal We)
SALTS (S.A.L.T.S. - Stream all the Sources)
Soap Catchup
Stallion
Specto
SpinzTV
SportsAccess
Sport-A-Holic
SportsDevil
StreamStorm TV
StreamThis.tv
SuperStreams
SuperTV
TARDIS
TeeVee
The Beast
T-Killa
ToonMania
TVOnline
UK Turk Playlists
UK TV Now
Wookie Wizard
Vdubt25
VortechTV
Xfinity Installer
XMovies8
Yify Movies
Zem TV
Zeta TV
The official Kodi website has an approved add-ons section.
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