FMfmakunbound·May 25, 2020
Even https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-app ? That one seems to be missing with nothing but a bullshit DMCA notice in its place.
In GitHub reinstates Popcorn Time codepopcorn-official
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| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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13 sourcesWhile it isn't part of the 451 response, you can see the takedown notice submitted to GitHub. Load the blocked content in a browser and you will see a message with a link to the takedown notice. Here's an example: https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-app
In The 451 status code is now supported[Repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown.]
https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-app
In Megaupload programmer goes to prison for one yearPopcorn Time DMCA takedown of code hosted on github
17 points · Open discussionhttps://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-app
https://github.com/time4popcorn/popcorntime-desktop
https://github.com/time4popcorn/popcorntime-android
Are all unavailable, citing the DMCA request. So... that's probably Github's response.
In DMCA Takedown Notice for Popcorn Time and Time4PopcornIt's the same for popcorntime.io on GitHub: https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-app
In Popcorntime-desktop repository unavailable due to DMCA takedownDo NOT download Time4Popcorn. This project is highly suspicious.
The official fork is this one: https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-app
In Popcorn Time Is Now On AndroidFYI popcorn time is still being actively developed and is open source. https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-app/
it isn't the original team but they have been maintaining it for the past few months and seem committed to keeping it alive.
In IsoPlex: Popcorn time alternative maintained by IsohuntCaution: This is the closed source fork and not the fork from http://get-popcorn.com or https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-app.
Copied from Reddit (http://www.reddit.com/r/PopCornTime/comments/232xmf/a_list_o...):
We advise you to not install Time4Popcorn. We will not link to their software anymore from this thread, i did not want to take a side in this but since the application seems to send data to unknown servers and they steal code from other projects... That is what has made me decide not to delete it off the list. No that would not help anyone, i would like everyone to know how bad of a piece of software time4popcorn currently is. Their Mac version currently even links to the Official Popcorn Time version, which is odd? Why would they do that? Oh yes because they can't create their own versions. I have collected several
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comments from our community about the current suspious activity that time4popcorn has shown us.
I advise you to not install or to delete the app immediatly if you did install it. The developers do have a chance of getting back here in the list, they can send me a PM and prove that i am several other people are completely wrong. On this moment we will strongly advise against the use of this software. We will also delete any and every link to their website and or download pages.
Be warned!
@cesasol commented:
After checking the source code, i could see there is no software beyond nodewebkit under popcorn4time binary, instead they work on this "cloud" http://app.time4popcorn.eu/[25] *deactivate js before going to this link And there is a couple of binary files with the extension php, wich is more than suspicius. After checking in a vbox, they send random data to that server and another two, not only the torrent seeding.
@Sharkiller a Popcorn Time dev has also showed his doubts:
@Foxito they steal code, dont release them, put features that dont work only grow up their userbase who knows for what. for weeks they do interviews for a lot of pages to gain more and more userbase even when their code never works(tvshows). in the code you can find suspicious images to track the users, they don't even are from analytics. after a few weeks they "release" a source code in github that is a clone of the popcorn-official repo, even the links go to that repo. with the commits of the same day. They don't even do a fork only a renamed code. If that is not fishy to you then use it.
@traplover69 commented: The download links on http://get-popcorn.com/download/mac[26] and http://time4popcorn.eu/Popcorn-Time-0.2.9-Mac.tar.gz[27] point to the same file. Both give a shasum of fc00796208ca412b01c3715fb44af191d937ba8a. Any ideas whats happening here?
So be carefull with Time4Popcorn
This seems to be the latest one:
https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-app
In Popcorn Time Devs Drop Like Flies But No One Will Talkhttps://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-app
http://get-popcorn.com/
Don't know how much this is "official"
In Popcorn-app repository taken down again and main developer missingI doubt if popcorn-time.tv is taken down. "Not Found The requested URL / was not found on this server. Apache/2.2.22 (Debian) Server at popcorn-time.tv Port 80"
The Github repo is moved (again) from popcorn-org to popcorn-official. What happened?
https://github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-app/issues/1
In Popcorn Time official website is moved to get-popcorn.com