Comment 59 for bug 938180

Hello! Waylon_R, long time watcher, first time commenter. I am with Be on this issue. It is a moral issue at this point. The only way I can see forward, completely leaving it up to people who are not mixxx developers, is by making a plugin interface so complete, that it can hook into everything, including pulling in metadata and sound. This would be like the system Kodi uses, and how plugin developers bring in streams etc, without causing the core Kodi developers direct legal hassle. Kodi developers explicitly say that they do not support streaming from illegal sources, but because their plugin framework is so broad, its technically possible. The plugin does what it wants, and is not obliged to disable any functionality.

No core Kodi developer is known to contribute to copyright infringing plugins, as far as I know, but if one was, it would taint Kodi as a whole. So, in summary, the Mixxx team would have to make a plugin framework so broad as to include metadata I/O and sound I/O but, it would be wise not to start there. And known Mixxx developers should stay away from developing copyright infringing plugins, as they are illegal, and by them doing so, would taint the team and project.

This sounds like a lot of work, I hope it never happens, because Mixxx still has a lot of work ahead of itself in other areas, and I do not wish the efforts of a good team be diluted by tasks that will take a very long time to pay off, for a very limited amount of users.