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PopcornTime official website is back

by neur0mancer on 4/3/14, 11:22 AM with 77 comments

  • by jaxonrice on 4/3/14, 12:44 PM

    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

  • by tehwebguy on 4/3/14, 12:45 PM

    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.

  • by w1ntermute on 4/3/14, 12:13 PM

    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?

  • by shekhar101 on 4/3/14, 12:09 PM

    Keep getting this: https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/1090458/2602971/3... everytime I run Popcorn time or similar clones(Time 4 popcorn, Popcorn time yify etc.). Why is this happening only with me. Infact I think it's happening with all node.js desktop apps. Any clues why is it happening?

  • by SamuelKillin on 4/3/14, 12:27 PM

    Has the repo been moved from here? https://github.com/popcorn-team/popcorn-app

  • by hhimanshu on 4/3/14, 5:26 PM

    This always confuses me. Is it legal to stream movies in US using torrents? meaning can I use popcorn-time.tv in US without any legal issues?

  • by bertil on 4/3/14, 12:11 PM

    The app itself has been working for me all along.

  • by plg on 4/3/14, 7:26 PM

    How is this not a honeypot for copyright lawsuit generators?

  • by quchen on 4/3/14, 11:56 AM

    It's up and running for me.

  • by TsomArp on 4/3/14, 6:25 PM

    cuevana.tv has a fork that has support for tv series (not all).

  • by Recoil42 on 4/3/14, 1:14 PM

    This is a clone, not the official site.

  • by archgrove on 4/3/14, 12:41 PM

    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".

  • by kmumaw90 on 4/3/14, 1:02 PM

    popcorn time listed on www.createsetgo.com in entertainment section - it is a social network for consumers looking to plug into the latest & greatest ideas - hope the connecting with the end users helps your BETA. cheers!