Popcorn Time, Netflix for pirates, is closing

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Popcorn Time was a multi-platform torrenting app that mimicked Netflix functionality via torrents. Users could stream movies through torrent files the same way a Netflix subscriber could simply load up Netflix and go. Despite their abrupt closing the service's creators are sticking to their guns that what they were doing was 100% legal. The closure was announced in the form of a message on their homepage detailing their history, accolades, and exact reasons for their shutdown.

Our experiment has put us at the doors of endless debates about piracy and copyright, legal threats and the shady machinery that makes us feel in danger for doing what we love. And that’s not a battle we want a place in.

We've shown that people will risk fines, lawsuits and whatever consequences that may come just to be able to watch a recent movie in slippers. Just to get the kind of experience they deserve.
Popcorn Time


Those who have previously installed the application are expected to retain access as the application isn't reliant on a central server from it's developer.

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BoarPosted:

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FaIIen The title of this article threw me off.


i think it was ment for a joke like pirates because the movies are pirated IDK? LOL.


The only way the title can throw you off is if you are illiterate.


To be honest it kind of threw me off also, doesn't mean anyones illiterate just means they read it fast. I saw it as people with free netflix accounts are getting them closed xD

BoarPosted:

If they didn't have the rights to the films they were showing then it was illegal, although I love that quote because it is quite true.

DanimalsPosted:

-CP
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FaIIen The title of this article threw me off.


i think it was ment for a joke like pirates because the movies are pirated IDK? LOL.


The only way the title can throw you off is if you are illiterate.


well not really. if you look at a title and know nothing about whats behind it your brain is gonna fill that space in with something else

-DanPosted:

Resort Netflix is closing? im so confused


No a websire that copys netflix thats free is closing because they are piracy

-CPPosted:

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FaIIen The title of this article threw me off.


i think it was ment for a joke like pirates because the movies are pirated IDK? LOL.


The only way the title can throw you off is if you are illiterate.

MultitaskPosted:

FaIIen The title of this article threw me off.


i think it was ment for a joke like pirates because the movies are pirated IDK? LOL.

GossipPosted:

I've never heard about this site before.

ViIIainPosted:

A torrent website called YTS apparently wants to bring back popcorn time.

-CPPosted:

Resort Netflix is closing? im so confused


Fantastic, you just admitted to posting without even fully reading the article title.

FijiPosted:

Wish I had have heard of this shame it's closing down


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