Popcorntime-desktop repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown

Re:Popcorntime-desktop repository unavailable due to DMCA ta... by PM_Tech on Saturday July 12, 2014 @03:17AM (#8023943)

I absolutely love that the majority of this thread are claiming all sorts of legal protections for Popcorn Time - all the way from free speech to ludicrous comparisons with screenshotting screenshots.

So you guys love the law - right up until Crawford posted MGM vs Grokster as the binding ruling and now suddenly it's all...

"The law is wrong and archaic!"

Honestly. You sound like teenagers throwing a tantrum. Just grow up and admit you want to steal content you didn't pay for. I would have a lot more respect for you than you. When you try and justify it you sound like a moron.

One poster below even went so far as to insinuate theft is OK because the movie publishing houses have so much money. Is that the standard we apply is it? If a company is successful it becomes OK to pirate their stuff?

Moron. Downvote away, it doesn't make the attitude any less moronic.

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Re:Popcorntime-desktop repository unavailable due to DMCA ta... by err4nt on Saturday July 12, 2014 @10:05AM (#8024565)

I dont steal content I didn't pay for. I have never used popcorn time! yet I am upset that the DMCA is applied here against code.

Surely if they have a copyright claim to the code they can issue it, but issuing a copyright claim based on the actions of a software user is a BIG stretch to me. Has nothing to do with a sense of entitlement.

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