But Popcorn Time makes the film available to other users while watching it. This also applies to Switzerland: it is true that downloading and streaming of copyrighted films and TV series “for personal use” is permitted in this country. The program ran ad-free, was available for free – and completely illegal. Their free software streamed videos, including brand new TV series and movies, to the computer. However, there is more than one catch, as we shall see later in this story Completely illegalĪbout the background: Last March, programmers who allegedly come from Buenos Aires caused a sensation with the original version of Popcorn Time. It should be possible to use it anonymously because the data traffic is forwarded via a different Internet address. The abbreviation stands for Virtual Private Network and is touted as the solution to the main problem of Popcorn Time. And it supposedly gets even better: The safety of users has top priority, they emphasize. According to the file-sharing news portal TorrentFreak, the free service has tens of millions of users worldwide.Īt least according to the registered internet domain, it is an offer from the European area. “This PopcornTime service will never be taken down,” says the website. The unknown makers of Popcorn time come up with a big promise.
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