Re:GitHub reinstates Popcorn Time code
by throwaway27310 on Monday May 25, 2020 @01:18PM
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>You can't even torrent it.
You sure? Seems to be around on torrent sites these days. (At least, most of it.)
But yes, it's frustrating that there's media out there with no legal way to watch it. At least, not unless you're lucky enough to stumble upon a secondhand physical copy.
Re:GitHub reinstates Popcorn Time code
by reaperducer on Monday May 25, 2020 @02:45PM
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I tried last month. For even one episode it said the transfer time was 37 years.
Re:GitHub reinstates Popcorn Time code
by andromeduck on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @01:03PM
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Yup, even Evangelion was like that for many years, and so too a lot of British dramas. Even recent hits like Deutschland 83 and Utopia were missing from American market for years.
It doesn't even have to be something as niche as that. Even popular productions can be impossible to watch if the rights holders aren't interested.
Try to find 77 Sunset Strip. It was a massively popular television series that ran for years on TV. It simply doesn't exist anymore. Not on broadcast, cable, streaming, DVD, or any other platform. You can't even torrent it.
I have a relative who lives off the grid. He has this massive collection of thrift store VHS tapes that he watches. I'm so envious every time I see it. So much quality material that simply cannot be watched anymore by any means because they never made the transition to digital.