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ISPs ordered to block Popcorn Time sites

article published on 2 May, 2015

A court has ordered Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block access to websites associated with the Popcorn Time software. Popcorn Time (and its numerous forks) is a sort of dark rival to Netflix and other legitimate, licensed content streaming services. Essentially, Popcorn Time puts a simple interface over a BitTorrent backend. Once a user picks a movie to watch (and what resolution) ... [ read the full article ]

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ehvbadboy
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_ 		4. May 2015 @ 03:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
as long (esp europe) as there is no real alternative these sort of sites wil rise again isp block ore not. Hollywood is making the same mistake as the record label does .esp in europetv series run a year behind the eu netflix has half the content and old as what the us has.

My idea get ride of the borders get more resent content on netflix ore other movie provider .get the series when the have aired in the us week later on netflix hulu ore others.i even wanna pay a little more for this service .

as long as hollywood stays like this i will watch werever i can get it from
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qazwiz
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_ 		4. May 2015 @ 21:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i doubt that the above new account is from england, or any english speaking country... the only thing that the main action will do is push more people to less secure sites with the intention of opening them up to more security breaches...

the broken english shown would need to be a five year old to not know how to spell OR (taught in first grade spelling)

as for blocking torrent sites, they already have work arounds, so if blocked, the popcorn will be popping in less than 24 hours afterwards
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Daverogk
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_ 		22. May 2015 @ 17:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I am not sure if this works for us here in the Republic of Ireland, are the isps blocked?
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