Popcorn Time has about 20 developers working on it from all over the world, according to a Torrent Freak interview with Popcorn Time creator "Sebastian." Whether the lawyers will be successful is another matter. It's only a matter of time until the lawyers start trying to shut the service down. Popcorn Time has a public website and exists as an open source project on GitHub, albeit without a public members list. The app then gives you the choice to continue using it or walk away.Īs Popcorn Time continues it will inevitably have to deal with Hollywood and potential shutdowns. When you first fire up Popcorn Time, you are reminded of its questionable status with a warning that advises you that downloading and seeding torrents in your country may not be legal. The other problem with Popcorn Time is that since it freely distributes copyrighted content, it's entirely illegal-at least in the United States. Seeding is the magic behind torrents and is why they are such an effective means of distributing content. While the user watches their movie, Popcorn Time uploads bits of the file to share with other torrent users. One problem with Popcorn Time's simplicity is that users may not realize they are participating in online file sharing while streaming the movie. At this writing, the movies topping Popcorn Time at this writing included Oscar favorites such as 12 Years A Slave, Dallas Buyers Club, Frozen, and Gravity.
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Since it relies on popular torrents instead of streaming deals with major movie studios, Popcorn Time inevitably has a catalog that services like Amazon or Netflix could only dream of. The movie selection comes from YIFY, a popular torrent provider prominent on third-party torrent sites like Kickass Torrents. You just click go and you're watching a movie in no time-assuming your ISP doesn't block torrents, that is. With Popcorn Time there are no settings to change, no need to figure out what port forwarding is, and no troubleshooting NAT problems. Popcorn Time is a much simpler option than traditional torrent clients that inevitably require at least a little bit of tweaking to be effective. "We don't host anything.There are no ads.or anything like that.
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All an interested viewer has to do is download and install the app, choose a movie, and click "Watch It Now." If available, the app will even let you choose between 720p and 1080p resolutions and offers subtitles in a variety of languages (once again, if available). Popcorn Time's desktop app is available for Windows (7 and up), Mac, and Linux and is seriously dead simple to use.