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PopcornTime official website is back

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Re: PopcornTime official website is back

#11
How do we know that this is the official website, and not simply a clone with (possibly) malicious content. The official popcornti.me site had that exact issue back in March:

"@mediatemple hey they cloned our site getpopcornti.me in http://getpopcorntime.com - they linked some downloads as virus - watch out!" - https://twitter.com/getpopcornapp/status/442519692067241984

Re: PopcornTime official website is back

#12
This one is popcorn-time.tv, the old one that is still down is http://getpopcornti.me

The last commit is "Disabled the updater", looks like someone just forked it, stopped the player from updating (presumably since it would poll a set URL they don't have control over) and launched a new website.

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#13

A radical solution, I know, but why not just pay for your content ? And, if it's not available at the right price/format/location, find other content ? And, to those saying "This is for non-copyright/author approved stuff", I say "I was not born yesterday".

"Find other content" is pretty easy to say if you are living in the so called "first world" where there's lots of content available.

Re: PopcornTime official website is back

#14

A radical solution, I know, but why not just pay for your content ? And, if it's not available at the right price/format/location, find other content ? And, to those saying "This is for non-copyright/author approved stuff", I say "I was not born yesterday".

Not all Torrent users are a menace to society. I pay for my content, all of it.

But the speed and UX of this app is quite obviously the next stage of evolution for the movie business.

Sorry but I'm tired of overpriced popcorn and people slurping sodas next to me in the theater. I think Big Movie need to be forced into action and an app like PT makes "C&D letters" less and less of an option.

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#15

A radical solution, I know, but why not just pay for your content ? And, if it's not available at the right price/format/location, find other content ? And, to those saying "This is for non-copyright/author approved stuff", I say "I was not born yesterday".

A radical solution, I know, but why not just pay for flying over someones land? And, if your destination is not available through another route at the right price/format, just take the bus?

Re: PopcornTime official website is back

#16

A radical solution, I know, but why not just pay for your content ? And, if it's not available at the right price/format/location, find other content ? And, to those saying "This is for non-copyright/author approved stuff", I say "I was not born yesterday".

Certain content is unavailable for weeks/months in Australia, and certain distribution networks (e.g. Netflix) do not operate in Australia.

Sure you can use a VPN and hack around a way to use Netflix, but that's a lesser experience than that offered by Popcorn Time.

(I don't use either, I cry.)

Re: PopcornTime official website is back

#17
post #14

A radical solution, I know, but why not just pay for your content ? And, if it's not available at the right price/format/location, find other content ? And, to those saying "This is for non-copyright/author approved stuff", I say "I was not born yesterday".

Not all Torrent users are a menace to society. I pay for my content, all of it. But the speed and UX of this app is quite obviously the next stage of evolution for the movie business. Sorry but I'm tired of overpriced popcorn and people slurping sodas next to me in the theater. I think Big Movie need to be forced into action and an app like PT makes "C&D letters" less and less of an option.

Interesting. So your point is a) I want to see the latest movies the moment they are released therefore waiting for other legal ways like iTunes/Google Now etc aren't interesting but b) I don't want to do in a theatre. I hadn't really thought of that subgroup.

Re: PopcornTime official website is back

#18

How do we know that this is the official website, and not simply a clone with (possibly) malicious content. The official popcornti.me site had that exact issue back in March: "@mediatemple hey they cloned our site getpopcornti.me in http://getpopcorntime.com - they linked some downloads as virus - watch out!" - https://twitter.com/getpopcornapp/status/442519692067241984

Exactly, and without some explanation by the maintainers of what happened this could be malicious in a number of ways (heck, they could be cooperating with authorities for all we know).

Re: PopcornTime official website is back

#19

A radical solution, I know, but why not just pay for your content ? And, if it's not available at the right price/format/location, find other content ? And, to those saying "This is for non-copyright/author approved stuff", I say "I was not born yesterday".

You're looking for a simple answer. There isn't one. Depriving someone of revenue or profit is way different than depriving them of physical property; as such, intellectual property "theft" doesn't carry the same stigma as theft in meat space.

In short, you steal because you don't want to pay or you can't pay (either not available in your market or you don't have the money).

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