Devices that have kodi installed with addons are illegal… Sales of devices that have pre-installed software for obtaining copyrighted content are illegal, according to today's ruling of the European Court of Justice. The decision was the result of a complaint from the anti-piracy BREIN to a store selling multimedia players with anti-piracy software (Kodi).
Note that in the last 12 months there has been a very large increase in sales of devices that have preinstalled software that facilitates streaming piracy. 
Of course, we talk about the various TVBoxes that come with pre-installed kodi and the addons that allow the streaming of pirated movies.
They usually work with Android and the platform Kodi with various third-party add-ons, devices turn into ultimate hacking tools since you can find the latest ones Movies, TV shows and live sports.
One of perhaps hundreds of sites participating in these sales was the Dutch Filmspeler.nl. That electronic store was the target of the anti-piracy team BREIN. The owners of Filmspeler considered their pre-configured devices to be legal, arguing that selling them did not constitute a crime as defined by the EU Copyright Directive.
The case originated in 2015 when the Dutch District Court initially complained to the EU Court of Justice. It was asked whether it is illegal to sell a product (in this case a media player) with pre-installed add-ons containing links to websites distribute copyright works such as movies, TV shows and live broadcasts without permission.
It should be mentioned that the owner of Filmspeler, Mr. Wullems, was advertising his devices that had Kodi pre-installed with add-ons that break the law. Filmspeler advertised the media players as ways to watch content for free.
That is, he did not even need a lawyer.
