http://episodeslist.com is an honest alternative where you can stream from Hulu, Amazon, Netflix, iTunes and more
Way too expensive. I'm willing to pay RedBox prices for a movie and less than half that for a one hour TV drama.
Popcorn Time Devs Drop Like Flies But No One Will Talk
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Re: Popcorn Time Devs Drop Like Flies But No One Will Talk
#82Earlier quoted context omitted.
Gagging developers for writing code seems way beyond "legality" to me. They should be able to at least say "I'm being sued for developing Popcorn Time". If your government is gagging you from saying even that...then something has gone terribly wrong somewhere, and yes that does seem like a totalitarian tool when used like that.
There's all manner of totalitarianism-lite in the US. This is not likely one of them. Its a safer bet that this was handled directly by mail/phone/email without involving an actual court. Legal threat under possibly enforceable law does not equal government action. We don't need to blame the government for this to be a bad thing.
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#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't see why Popcorn time doesn't offer legitimate ways to purchase the content. For an honest TV index with multiple streaming sources, check out http://episodeslist.com It's updated daily.
That doesn't look that bad. Now if it had a personalizable lists with information when what show (that's still running) airs, it would be better. Sadly I still haven't found anything better than ezTV and I don't even use their torrent links…
Did you try followshows.com
Re: Popcorn Time Devs Drop Like Flies But No One Will Talk
#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
The threat could be nothing more than suing for copyright violation. The fines for that are insanely high, and evidence of such is not necessarily hard to collect. After all, it's highly unlikely the devs were developing Popcorn Time without using it themselves.
They wouldn't even have to use it themselves. If I understand rightly, "contributory copyright infringement"[1] is the stick they would get beaten with here. My hazy understanding is that if the Popcorn Time folks had wanted to get away with this, they shouldn't have said anything about Hollywood movies. They should have promoted it as a tool for watching all the great publicly-licensed documentaries and fan-made fil…
No I like that they pointed out how it should work and if the industry gives me something nearly usefull i'm the first who is paying monthly for it!
Re: Popcorn Time Devs Drop Like Flies But No One Will Talk
#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
That doesn't look that bad. Now if it had a personalizable lists with information when what show (that's still running) airs, it would be better. Sadly I still haven't found anything better than ezTV and I don't even use their torrent links…
Did you try followshows.com
That seems perfect! Thank you!
edit: close to. Mark all as watched isn't working, hopefully only temporarily.
Re: Popcorn Time Devs Drop Like Flies But No One Will Talk
#86Re: Popcorn Time Devs Drop Like Flies But No One Will Talk
#87Doesn't it seem like TF could simply create their own Repo, build it and start developing on it and see what comes out of the woodwork? Seems like its pretty easy to bait these mysterious forces.
You're overestimating TorrentFreak's commitment to investigative journalism.
Re: Popcorn Time Devs Drop Like Flies But No One Will Talk
#88I don't think the industry is silencing them. I think the original devs have gotten scared of being sued and have quickly dropped the project and severed all connections with it.
This doesn't explain identical behavior by all later devs. The most reasonable explanation is a common cause.
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#89What would happen if suddenly, a very big number of developers (I really mean it... like thousands of developers) began to contribute to such a project. Would hollywood start to sue everyone? And what if some of them would be some "rockstar developers" (like very important for the software world)... yeah... I'm just dreaming, but it would be like the equivalent to a mass protest, that they just wouldn't be able to ha…
I've been thinking, one should find some mortally ill people in whose name one sets up the repository and website (or just a straight site where you can download all the movies). In exchange one secretly pays their family enough in cash or bitcoin that they don't ever have to worry about money again.
If I were filthy rich and had more criminal intentions, I would totally do that ;-)
Re: Popcorn Time Devs Drop Like Flies But No One Will Talk
#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't see why Popcorn time doesn't offer legitimate ways to purchase the content. For an honest TV index with multiple streaming sources, check out http://episodeslist.com It's updated daily.
That doesn't look that bad. Now if it had a personalizable lists with information when what show (that's still running) airs, it would be better. Sadly I still haven't found anything better than ezTV and I don't even use their torrent links…
sidereel.com is one of the oldest web apps with this feature.