I don't want to be this guy, but it doesn't look like an April fool joke to me.

ICE does seize domains for counterfeit merchandiss. [1] Also Kodi has done a lot of job to distance itself from things like that by being a non-profit foundation, being open-source, not furnishing any pirated content directly on their site, etc. [2] It will be very odd way to communicate like this for a project that seems to aim maintaining a low profile a top priority.

[1] https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-international-law-enfo... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodi_(software)