MPAA Shuts Down Torrent website online Popcorn Time

several main torrent web sites, including Popcorn Time, have been closed down as of late because of court orders in Canada and New Zealand. The movement image affiliation of the us (MPAA), a lobbying group and trade group representing the film trade, filed to close down PopcornTime.io, which gives content material for the well-liked Popcorn Time app, and every other site referred to as YTS (which launched in 2010 and turned into inaccessible in mid-October).

“Popcorn Time and YTS are unlawful systems that exist for one clear cause: to distribute stolen copies of the newest movement footage and tv presentations with out compensating the individuals who labored so onerous to make them,” MPAA chairman and CEO Chris Dodd stated in a commentary.

the two web sites functioned as main parts of the pirated content torrent ecosystem. Popcorn Time (which launched in 2014 and whose app still works even though content is inaccessible) has been billed as “making streaming torrents as easy as Netflix,” whereas YTS was one of the crucial standard destinations for downloading pirated films. On fb, the group behind YTS published a statement concerning the closure:

expensive YTS enthusiasts,
It has been good being able to provides you with nice content material.
All just right things should come to an finish and our time has come.
good bye!!
live lengthy and prosper,
-YTS staff-

Shutting down the widely used Popcorn Time is one of the MPAA’s greatest victories in opposition to pirates in years. in line with the MPAA observation, comScore mentioned 1.5 million distinctive visits to PopcornTime.io in July alone.