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Popcorn Time is back

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Re: Popcorn Time is back

#11

Post by Springtime »

ghughes wrote: post #2

Editorialized title. I enjoyed the part where they berate the other fork for "ripping off" their UI, which exists solely to facilitate piracy.

> I enjoyed the part where they berate the other fork for "ripping off" their UI, which exists solely to facilitate piracy.

I did find this amusing. The irony is strong with this one, although they have some valid points expanded on in the Reddit post linked.

Comment from a contributor on the time4popcorn repo:

    I am also waiting for a reply. You guys just copy other
    people's work and don't even give them proper credits...
    if you decide to start coding I could put you back in.
    Not if you keep stealing though.

Re: Popcorn Time is back

#13

Post by bryan_rasmussen »

ghughes wrote: post #2

Editorialized title. I enjoyed the part where they berate the other fork for "ripping off" their UI, which exists solely to facilitate piracy.

They made something to facilitate piracy, most probably piracy not done for profit, but did not pirate something and then put it out as their own with the intention to make a profit.

Re: Popcorn Time is back

#15

Post by DerpDerpDerp »

forrestthewoods wrote: post #9
mehwoot wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why?

It's about volume. Sure the movie companies will be giving away their films for free. But if you give away enough films for free it becomes profitable!!

Amazon sells a number of things at a loss and still seems to be doing fine.

Re: Popcorn Time is back

#16

Post by sspiff »

ekianjo wrote: post #6
tunnuz wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Netflix does this (the service, not the fork), too bad it is still unavailable in many countries.

And its catalog is limited, too, even in the US.

I have a Netflix US account (over VPN, since I live outside the US), and after all the coverage it had gotten, I was really disappointed with the catalog. A lot of the shows my girlfriend was hoping to watch are unavailable, and the movie catalog is also extremely restricted.

Re: Popcorn Time is back

#17

Post by arianvanp »

mahyarm wrote: post #12

Next they could add chromecast support / transcoding and they have a pretty good competitor for plex. After that a couple of mobile clients?

I'm working on a fork with Chromecast support. It works pretty well. Just a bit scared to open source it. Perhaps i will release it under a pseudonym or something.

It's ridicioulous that people need to be afraid to release stuff but sadly enough this is the case.

Re: Popcorn Time is back

#18

Post by jtreanor »

Popcorn Time previously just showed open domain films in the screen shots. The new one has pictures Game of Thrones and company. It looks like they have stopped pretending this is not for piracy.

edit: clarification

Re: Popcorn Time is back

#19

Post by 13hours »

ekianjo wrote: post #5
ghughes wrote: post #2

Editorialized title. I enjoyed the part where they berate the other fork for "ripping off" their UI, which exists solely to facilitate piracy.

> which exists solely to facilitate piracy. Let's not use the words the big majors wants people to use. The right wording is copyright infringement and that's it.

Piracy is a well known synonym for copyright infringement. I would agree with you that something like "theft" would not be a good term to use, but Piracy is spot-on.
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