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Re: PopcornTime official website is back

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Post by [deleted] »

DeusExMachina wrote: post #24
archgrove wrote: post #10

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…

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Re: PopcornTime official website is back

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Post by gagege »

Kesty wrote: post #34
zanny wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And the other upside is your usage of the metaphorical parking spot doesn't stop anyone else from using it too. It is like infinite free questionable parking, or limited gated private parking with an hourly rate and those terrible parallel spots when they could have just made them perpendicular but want to make you hate the experience. (I think the analogy might be getting overloaded at this point)

Still better than "You wouldn't steal a car" :)

No, but I'd 3d print one.

Re: PopcornTime official website is back

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Post by Ntrails »

eli wrote: post #39
joeblau wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What if he/she lives in a country where popcorn time is not illegal?

I wasn't making a legal or moral judgement, but a practical one: applications designed for downloading copyrighted content disproportionately tend to contain malware.

If the source is still up one can safely compile from there no?

Re: PopcornTime official website is back

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Post by dagw »

w1ntermute wrote: post #5

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?

I think it was more of a protest action than any attempt at a viable project/business. They probably did consider the legal responses and are reacting in the best possible way to get and keep people talking about.

Re: PopcornTime official website is back

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Post by motoford »

vkjv wrote: post #30
jusben1369 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I'm also part of that sub-group. I absolutely despise going to the theater. In fact, I've toyed with the idea of of opening a theater with enforced etiquette, but ultimately determined that there was not sufficient demand. 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 p…

I know of one theatre that has an adults only floor. Same movies and same start times as the general audience floor. No kids allowed, they have a bar, and people dress up to go there. I assume there are others doing the same.

Re: PopcornTime official website is back

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Post by dagw »

Ntrails wrote: post #43
eli wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wasn't making a legal or moral judgement, but a practical one: applications designed for downloading copyrighted content disproportionately tend to contain malware.

If the source is still up one can safely compile from there no?

For very weak values of "safely". If, for example, the app has an auto-update feature, like many apps have, then they can simply push malware onto you at some point down the road. Even if they don't have an official one, it wouldn't be too hard to hide one in the code.

Re: PopcornTime official website is back

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Post by zo1 »

eli wrote: post #39
joeblau wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What if he/she lives in a country where popcorn time is not illegal?

I wasn't making a legal or moral judgement, but a practical one: applications designed for downloading copyrighted content disproportionately tend to contain malware.

Nonsense. For every legitimate example of such a malware-infected program you can think of or find, the community can point you to at least X others that are completely clean.

Your suggestion is not a practical one, but rather an opinionated one.

Re: PopcornTime official website is back

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Post by darkarmani »

eli wrote: post #39
joeblau wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What if he/she lives in a country where popcorn time is not illegal?

I wasn't making a legal or moral judgement, but a practical one: applications designed for downloading copyrighted content disproportionately tend to contain malware.

> applications designed for downloading copyrighted content disproportionately tend to contain malware.

That used to be true for web browsers but IE got a major update. Now with less drive-bys and exploits.

Re: PopcornTime official website is back

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Post by sirdogealot »

darkarmani wrote: post #49
eli wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wasn't making a legal or moral judgement, but a practical one: applications designed for downloading copyrighted content disproportionately tend to contain malware.

> applications designed for downloading copyrighted content disproportionately tend to contain malware. That used to be true for web browsers but IE got a major update. Now with less drive-bys and exploits.

eli is referring to the binary downloaded from the website possibly containing malware. Not that the website might possible infect you through a drive-by-download.
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