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Torrents Time Lets Anyone Launch Their Own Web Version of Popcorn Time

Posted by timothy on from the this-oughtta-be-good dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Popcorn Time, an app for streaming video torrents, just got its own web version: Popcorn Time Online. Unlike other attempts to bring Popcorn Time into the browser, this one is powered by a tool called Torrents Time, which delivers the movies and TV shows via an embedded torrent client. Oh, and the developers have released the code so that anyone can create their own version. If Popcorn Time is Hollywood's worst nightmare, Torrents Time is trying to make sure Hollywood can't wake up.

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  1. Why? by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 3, Informative

    I stopped bothering with torrents years ago. Even the Canadian version of Netflix has more than enough titles to fill my TV-watching time. Sure it's not blockbusters all the time, and we get new titles months if not years after the DVD releases, but it's also really not expensive and I feel like I'm getting excellent value for the low monthly fee.

  2. Re:Want big Hollywood movies? Eliminate Hollywood by Ace17 · · Score: 3, Informative

    > Torrents Time is trying to make sure Hollywood can't wake up.

    This is the attitude I don't understand.

    What about their impact on the law?

    Even if you're not into Disney movies, you're still impacted by the legislative bullshit we're currently diving in ("Mickey Mouse" copyright act, aka DMCA) indirectly caused by Disney copyright holders.
    It wouldn't bother me if this bullshit only applied to Disney movies, however, its scope is much broader.

    Experience has shown us that the content industry is continuously trying to make illegal anything they think reduces profit.
    More precisely, first they make it technically challenging (DRM), then, they make illegal to win the challenge (DMCA).

    For example, it's currently illegal, de facto, to implement a DVD player as free software (because it implies disclosing the DVD decryption key).
    How is it not going to affect you, even if you don't "consume" content provided by those who pushed these laws?

    Another example: it's illegal to implement a hardware DVD player who allows skipping the 'anti-piracy' announcements ... and the commercials.
    How is it not affecting me when I want to watch *any* movie?