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03-11-2014, 08:31 AM
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| 'POPCORN TIME' - "like netflix for pirates"
Popcorn Time is like 'Netflix for pirates': Dan Misener - Technology & Science - CBC News
anyone tried it yet? 
It's been called “Netflix for pirates."
Popcorn Time is a new open source app for downloading and watching movies. It's dead simple: a list of movie genres on the left and a wall full of movie posters on the right. That's it. Click a poster, and you're presented with the option to "Watch it now."
Under the hood, Popcorn Time runs BitTorrent software optimized for streaming. This means almost no waiting for a download to finish; the movie starts playing immediately.
This immediacy and simplicity is by design.
"I have a lot of friends who don't understand torrents and I wanted to make it easy and effortless to use torrent technology," says one of the app's designers, going only by the name Sebastian, in an interview with TorrentFreak.
"It reminds me of Napster. It's so easy," says Gil Zvulony, a Toronto-based internet lawyer who has seen the application.
It may be easy, says Zvulony, but's it's not legal.
"Its primary use is to make copyrighted material available. It doesn't have any other use. It clearly infringes copyright according to the Canadian copyright act."
Screenshots on the Popcorn Time website show movie posters for very old public domain movies such as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), The Phantom of the Opera (1925) and The Three Stooges: Malice in the Palace (1949).
But if you actually download the software and look at what's available, it's almost exclusively pirated material, including recent Oscar nominees such as 12 Years a Slave, American Hustle, Gravity, Frozen… almost all of it copyrighted.
The Popcorn Time website carries a loud, yellow warning: "Downloading copyrighted material may be illegal in your country. Use at your own risk."
Zvulony thinks the app's creators are playing dumb, and are aware that people will use their software to infringe copyright.
Potential damages
Using Popcorn Time to download and watch movies may infringe copyright, but here in Canada, the financial risk to individuals is small. Back in 2012, Bill C-11 capped damages for non-commercial copyright infringement at $5,000.
"That's really for the worst type of case," explains Zvulony. Realistically, he says, "you're looking at $100 or $200 in terms of damages awarded, which makes it extremely uneconomical for movie studios to go after individual downloaders."
Though BitTorrent has a reputation as a "pirate" tool, it also has many non-infringing uses, such as the distribution of educational content for non-profit organizations. That said, piracy and copyright infringement seems to get the most attention.
For me, Popcorn Time feels significant because of how it pulls BitTorrent movie piracy from a world of sketchy torrent sites full of porn ads and scammy pop-ups into a simple, streamlined interface.
For years, services like iTunes and Netflix have been able to compete with piracy by offering the paid options in a cleaner, safer environment.
With Popcorn Time, it seems as though the bar has been raised on the pirates' side.
"It's like an arms race," says Zvulony. "There's always new innovation."
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03-11-2014, 09:09 AM
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Haven't try it but now that you mention it I might give it a try lol.
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03-11-2014, 04:47 PM
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Downloading now, fuck yea im gonna use it
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03-11-2014, 05:13 PM
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heard about this app...didn't realize it was a torrents for idiots program
may give it a try if i can view it on my TV via media player/PS3. http://getpopcornti.me/faq | |
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03-11-2014, 05:23 PM
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So.......its basically a copy of Netflix but you don' pay the monthly fee  | |
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03-11-2014, 07:04 PM
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this is like icefilms no
will give it a looksee later tonight thanks
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03-11-2014, 07:27 PM
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#7 | | I don't get it
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using now its awesome!!!!! thanks
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03-11-2014, 07:28 PM
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Those if you with androids, do a search for "showbox apk" in your browser and install the program. Same thing..free Netflix with brand new releases. I'm buying chrome cast this week just cause of that Lol
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03-11-2014, 07:28 PM
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This is basically Bittorrent on the background, but Netflix on the user interface, which is illegal in Canada.
Not sure why we are discussing this here due to forum rules.
However, since it's already being discussed. I've been using it for a week. It's only good for NEW releases, has limited content, and barely has any older content, for now. Quote:
Originally Posted by vafanculo  Those if you with androids, do a search for "showbox apk" in your browser and install the program. Same thing..free Netflix with brand new releases. I'm buying chrome cast this week just cause of that Lol
Posted via RS Mobile | Showbox is better than Popcorn Time, imo.
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03-11-2014, 07:38 PM
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No one is worried about getting slapped with a lawsuit? The Hurt Locker case just set a new precedent...
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03-11-2014, 09:43 PM
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Sounds like navi-x
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03-12-2014, 04:27 AM
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#12 | | I only answer to my username, my real name is Irrelevant!
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they used Mega to host the file its been deleted though :/
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03-12-2014, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by willystyle This is basically Bittorrent on the background, but Netflix on the user interface, which is illegal in Canada.
Not sure why we are discussing this here due to forum rules.
. | Because it's on the news.
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03-12-2014, 05:55 PM
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It sounds like a pretty simple system, just torrent software designed to get the pieces in order. Where does it pull the torrents from though? Dumping a bunch more leechers into the mix seem like a stupid idea.
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03-13-2014, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by underscore It sounds like a pretty simple system, just torrent software designed to get the pieces in order. Where does it pull the torrents from though? Dumping a bunch more leechers into the mix seem like a stupid idea. | popcorn gets all their torrent source from YIFY off TPB. Their program does not allow you to adjust the upload speed, so you'd be seeding as you watch.
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03-13-2014, 02:29 PM
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This is old news for those that have been using QVOD for all these years
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03-13-2014, 02:57 PM
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Ok, so there will be a lot of seeders for the first parts of the torrent, and next to none for the final parts. At best anyone else downloading the torrent will start off with great speeds that diminish the closer they get to the end. Now if it makes your system hold on to the file (or whatever parts of it you've got) until you seed to a decent ratio or for x amount of time then it's pretty good.
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Originally Posted by maksimizer half those dudes are hotter than ,my GF. | Quote:
Originally Posted by RevYouUp reading this thread is like waiting for goku to charge up a spirit bomb in dragon ball z | Quote:
Originally Posted by Good_KarMa OH thank god. I thought u had sex with my wife. :cry: | | |
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03-13-2014, 03:16 PM
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Watched Les Misreable few days ago on it
Pretty awesome, only complaint though is that the player functions will randomly show every few seconds. Im guess its because its buffering weird, but I have no issues with play back its smooth and didnt stop once to buffer. With most other video players it will disappear until you move your mouse.
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03-13-2014, 04:27 PM
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So an even easier way for assholes to steal content.
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03-13-2014, 04:36 PM
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Buy a completely anonymous VPN and voila~ Hello free movie!
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03-14-2014, 03:40 AM
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03-14-2014, 01:17 PM
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What is a good VPN service? I heard that hide my ass rolled over and gave up the names of all their users.
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03-15-2014, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by z3german Watched Les Misreable few days ago on it
Pretty awesome, only complaint though is that the player functions will randomly show every few seconds. Im guess its because its buffering weird, but I have no issues with play back its smooth and didnt stop once to buffer. With most other video players it will disappear until you move your mouse. | Exact same experience.
However, a moot point now that it's no longer available.
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03-15-2014, 12:45 PM
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03-15-2014, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by skholla What is a good VPN service? I heard that hide my ass rolled over and gave up the names of all their users.
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Never use HideMyAss, they keep data log and it's written in their Terms and Conditions that they would surrender customer info upon requests from law enforcement agencies.
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