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>Our user's safety comes first!! Therefore we added a free Built-in VPN so you can use Popcorn Time ANONYMOUSLY!

Eeeh. As somebody else on HN said before, I'm wary of people paying money out of their own pocket so that I can enjoy pirated media.

Isn't that a clone of the original PopcornTime? Those guys are still alive and kicking right here: https://popcorntime.io

They also have their source-code as a git repo (now self-hosted since they got DMCA'd on GitHub): https://git.popcorntime.io/ And a status page: http://status.popcorntime.io/

So this one probably is fork of the original PopcornTime with a built-in VPN? Thats all right?

So, I'm a bit confused: it looks like Time4Popcorn (a Popcorn Time fork) has rebranded as Popcorn Time based on the Facebook link on the bottom of the page, and used the original Popcorn Time's website (at popcorntime.io). Despite the fact that the original Popcorn Time project still exists. Is this some sort of weird open source turf war, or what?

EDIT: In case you missed it, scroll to the bottom: http://imgur.com/S6CBHqI

I mean, it's cool tech, a pretty site, etc, but it's still encouraging you to break the law. And no HN, I'm not getting dragged into another debate about that :)

Is there anything of particular interest happening on the site now? There doesn't seem to be any new release or any kind of announcement, and this has been featured on HN before.

While the free VPN feature is cool, it's been there for at least a month already.

For those who haven't seen it before and are disinclined to go to the site: PopCorn Time is a slick client app around watching streaming torrents of popular movies. ThePirateBay for the masses.

I would watch this very closely if I were the MAFIA, but I wouldn't shut it down. A centralized location for viewing torrented movies could provide a way to monetize torrented media. I would gladly kick in a couple bucks when I watch a movie to help support the art if I got the convenience Popcorn Time purports to have (I've not used it).

I realize that takes a level of strategic thinking the MAFIA aren't known for, but it's worth hoping.

>I realize that takes a level of strategic thinking the MAFIA aren't known for

i bet they (the existing distribution channels/companies) have thought about it, and have projected that there is less profit to be made that way, due to the fact that their entrenched business model is incompatible (thus require a lot of new investment). If it was more profitable, it would've been done already!

They were closed down, but they're back under a new domain name. Hence the promotion here.

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/572006/20141107/popcorn-time-...

Also, trying to do Netflix over Tor isn't going to scale.

Since the original popcorn time shut down there's been numerous forks. I'm curious to know if they're using RootVPN (I think that's the name of it) that was advertised by TPB. Looks like they also touched up on the UI as well compared to the original Popcorn Time (based on the screen-shots).

Didn't know that it comes with a torrent VPN

isn't it last year's news?

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