Popcorn Time is a service of sorts which makes it very easy for people to watch pirated movies on their computers and mobile devices, it is commonly referred to as the “Netflix for pirates.” Desktop users have had to install an application to stream pirated movies but now they no longer have to do that because the Netflix for pirates will work in the browser, kind of like the regular Netflix.
A new website called Popcorn Time In Your Browser has been set up which makes it very simple and easy for people to stream pirated movies within their browser, it only takes a couple of clicks.
The browser-based version is quite similar to the desktop apps, it streams movies from torrent files provided by YTS through Coinado. Torrent files are not locally stored on the machine and users don’t have to install anything. This is obviously the closest Popcorn Time has come to a proper online streaming experience.
Popcorn Time’s legality has been called into question many times as it exists in a legal grey area. The user isn’t technically downloading a pirated movie but is still watching one that hasn’t been paid for.
It’s an open source project so any efforts to shut it down will simply result in more clones of the service. For now, Popcorn Time appears to be thriving.
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