Is this legal?
The software itself: yes, probably.
They way many will use it: probably not.
Torrent software doesn't break media licensing agreements, people break media licensing agreements.
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#23I want it for music. Would be perfect for parties as an alternative to spotify, grooveshark etc. Need queuing and support for a bunch of weird open formats and then we're good to go.
There MPS for music.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
No
Why do you think it's illegal?
They provide access / listings of copyright protected movies. What is NOT illegal here? Come on! We have a lot of disciplinary warning letters here in Germany because of popcorn-time an a lot of people have to pay a LOT of money because they used it. Be honest to the people, torrent networks are dangerous (in some countries). I am not here for a discussions about the border between legal, illegal and to split hairs about that topic.
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#25So....what exactly is Isohunt.to? Isohunt.com was shut down and the footer of Isohunt.to says they are not affiliated with Isohunt inc. So...wouldn't it be safe to assume that Isohunt.to is just an MPAA/RIAA honeypot that's designed to snap up users of the original Isohunt who just don't notice the difference? I'd stay 50,000 miles away from them and any of their "products."
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why do you think it's illegal?
They provide access / listings of copyright protected movies. What is NOT illegal here? Come on! We have a lot of disciplinary warning letters here in Germany because of popcorn-time an a lot of people have to pay a LOT of money because they used it. Be honest to the people, torrent networks are dangerous (in some countries). I am not here for a discussions about the border between legal, illegal and to split hairs a…
What law specifically is being broken?
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#29I would suggest time4popcorn (http://time4popcorn.eu/) instead, which is an open source (https://github.com/time4popcorn/popcorntime-desktop) continuation of PopcornTime itself.
In terms of features it is also superior since it includes a built-in VPN client.
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They provide access / listings of copyright protected movies. What is NOT illegal here? Come on! We have a lot of disciplinary warning letters here in Germany because of popcorn-time an a lot of people have to pay a LOT of money because they used it. Be honest to the people, torrent networks are dangerous (in some countries). I am not here for a discussions about the border between legal, illegal and to split hairs a…
What law specifically is being broken?
In Germany, even uploading copyrighted works is punishable by law. Downloading is, too, if the source is clearly illegal.
Most content owners do not file criminal charges any more these days, since extorting people for cash is far more profitable (and less likely to generate bad PR) than filing criminal charges.
Also, the German system works in the way that e.g. in a bar brawl first you file criminal charges (here: assault), then the aggressor gets sentenced to jail or fine (to be paid to the state), and then with the verdict you go to a civil court and sue the aggressor for damages.
If I understand US courts correct, they summarize both into one court.