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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
I really don't understand all this waffling. Why would you start a project like this in 2014 without considering legal responses and having prepared for them?
As explained in the fist iteration of the product, popcorn time was an experiment to test the limits of real time technology. Look at what they've done. They received media attention, legal attention and certainly attention from the tech community. The founders have created a name for themselves and released something very cool in the process.
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.)
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".
One thing is peer pressure. People want to watch what their friends are watching, because they want to be able to discuss about the last movie or the last episode of a series.
Another thing is that when someone wants to watch something, he is not casually browsing for any content, but wants to see something specific. Trailers and commercial do a really good job to captivate the interest of people. The effect, though, is that they will want to see that exact content, no matter how.
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".
I understand your point of finding other content, but usually people don't think that way. From a logical point of view it seems trivial, but psychologically it's different. One thing is peer pressure. People want to watch what their friends are watching, because they want to be able to discuss about the last movie or the last episode of a series. Another thing is that when someone wants to watch something, he is not…
I agree with you, but I don't think "peer pressure" is the right way of stating it. It's more about existing in the same social context. It's also why a lot of people's conceptions of poverty are often far too limited. Poverty isn't just about not having money for food or shelter – you can have both and still be poor. It's about not being able to exist in that same realm as your peers.
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?
Next bizarre justification for benefiting from other peoples' commercial work without paying?
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".
I also refuse to purchase DRMed content, for obvious reasons.
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".
It's like if you are running around town looking for a parking spot. You find a place where you could park your car, it's not bothering anyone and doesn't block anyone and anything else it just isn't marked.
If you have a cheap real parking near, you probably wouldn't park in the unmarked spot. But if the first legal alternative is 5 miles away, a private parking charging you 10 bucks every hour, a maximum 5 minutes parking then you probably stop in the unmarked spot.
It's legal ? No. It's actively bothering anyone other than the policeman writing you the ticket if he finds out ? No. You hope that they won't find out, and won't write you a ticket ? of course you do.
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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.
Since I do not think the value proposition of piracy is in my favor, I simply do without recently released content. However, if it existed in an easy to use home view capacity, I would definitely pay for it.