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Man Handed Conditional Prison Sentence for Spreading Information About Popcorn Time Service (torrentfreak.com)

Posted by msmash on Friday February 9, 2018 @08:45AM from the tough-luck dept.

A man from Denmark has been handed a six-month conditional prison sentence for spreading information about Popcorn Time, an authorized on-demand movies and TV shows streaming service, news outlet TorrentFreak reports. From the report: In what is being described as a first for Europe, the man was convicted after telling people how to download, install and use the movie streaming service. He was also ordered to forfeit $83,300 in ad revenue and complete 120 hours community service.

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Re:Clickbait horse stuff by tattood · 2018-02-09 09:01 · Score: 4, Informative

From TFA:

In August 2015, police in Denmark announced they had arrested a man in his thirties said to be the operator of a Popcorn Time-focused website. Popcorntime.dk was subsequently shut down and its domain placed under the control of the state prosecutor.
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PopcornTime.dk was an information resource, offering news on Popcorn Time-related developments, guides, plus tips on how to use the software while staying anonymous.

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