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Re:Goodbye Popcorn Time by oh_sigh on Friday March 14, 2014 @04:28PM (#7401605)
I guess I'm the odd man out on reddit, er hackernews, but it doesn't seem too brave or incredible to build an app which is used to primarily stream stolen content.
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Re:Goodbye Popcorn Time by yuvadam on Friday March 14, 2014 @04:32PM (#7401629)
Again with 'stolen'.
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Re:Goodbye Popcorn Time by Nashhhh on Friday March 14, 2014 @04:39PM (#7401681)
Yeah stolen! I had a copy of Ghostbusters at home on my shelf and it disappeared yesterday. I suspect a criminal using popcorntime must be responsible.
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Re:Goodbye Popcorn Time by oh_sigh on Friday March 14, 2014 @06:28PM (#7402431)
Yes, because words are only allowed to have a single meaning. Using the word 'steal' to refer to piracy to bypass payment to the rights holder has been happening since at least the mid 80s(NYT reference from 1986: http://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/28/nyregion/cable-tv-operator... )
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Re:Goodbye Popcorn Time by MAGZine on Saturday March 15, 2014 @03:29PM (#7405930)
It's a pejorative term that predisposes someone to a certain conclusion. Pretty easy to bust out the 'S' word and win the jury in .2 seconds. ;-)

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131130/15263725410/surpri...

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Re:Goodbye Popcorn Time by Nashhhh on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @12:21AM (#7420141)
Exactly
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Re:Goodbye Popcorn Time by Nashhhh on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @12:21AM (#7420140)
Saying it's been used since the mid 80s doesn't actually serve to convince me I'm wrong. In fact it does the opposite; I'd have thought it was in use longer.
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Re:Goodbye Popcorn Time by oh_sigh on Friday March 14, 2014 @04:36PM (#7401661)
Notice how I said 'primarily', and not 'only'.
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