<s>
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
multi-platform	B-Operating_System
,	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
client	B-Protocol
that	O
includes	O
an	O
integrated	O
media	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
application	O
provides	O
a	O
piracy-based	O
alternative	O
to	O
subscription-based	O
video	B-Application
streaming	I-Application
services	O
such	O
as	O
Netflix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
uses	O
sequential	O
downloading	O
to	O
stream	O
video	O
listed	O
by	O
several	O
torrent	B-Protocol
websites	O
,	O
and	O
third-party	O
trackers	B-Protocol
can	O
also	O
be	O
added	O
manually	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
its	O
creation	O
,	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
quickly	O
received	O
positive	O
media	O
attention	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
comparing	O
the	O
app	O
to	O
Netflix	O
for	O
its	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
,	O
the	O
program	O
has	O
been	O
forked	B-Application
several	O
times	O
with	O
several	O
other	O
development	O
teams	O
such	O
as	O
Time4Popcorn	O
and	O
the	O
Butter	O
Project	O
to	O
maintain	O
the	O
program	O
and	O
produce	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Time4Popcorn	O
reportedly	O
gained	O
millions	O
of	O
users	O
within	O
four	O
months	O
of	O
launching	O
in	O
2014	O
and	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
fork	B-Application
to	O
bring	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
to	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2014	O
,	O
Time4Popcorn	O
became	O
available	O
on	O
jailbroken	B-Application
Apple	O
devices	O
,	O
and	O
eventually	O
non-jailbroken	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
via	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
installation	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
of	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
is	O
no	O
longer	O
maintained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
5	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
a	O
popular	O
copy	O
of	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
was	O
shut	O
down	O
due	O
to	O
"	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
use	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
interface	B-Application
presents	O
thumbnails	O
and	O
film	O
titles	O
in	O
a	O
manner	O
similar	O
to	O
Netflix	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
user	O
clicks	O
on	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
titles	O
,	O
the	O
film	O
is	O
downloaded	O
via	O
the	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
protocol	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
other	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
clients	O
,	O
as	O
soon	O
as	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
starts	O
to	O
download	O
a	O
film	O
,	O
it	O
also	O
starts	O
to	O
share	O
the	O
downloaded	O
content	O
with	O
other	O
users	O
(	O
in	O
technical	O
terms	O
,	O
it	O
seeds	O
the	O
torrent	B-Protocol
to	O
others	O
in	O
the	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
swarm	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
was	O
developed	O
"	O
in	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
weeks	O
"	O
by	O
a	O
group	O
from	O
Buenos	O
Aires	O
,	O
Argentina	O
,	O
who	O
elected	O
"	O
Pochoclín	O
"	O
(	O
derived	O
from	O
pochoclo	O
,	O
which	O
means	O
popcorn	O
in	O
Buenos	O
Aires	O
parlance	O
)	O
as	O
their	O
mascot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Made	O
available	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
's	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
downloadable	O
from	O
their	O
website	O
;	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contributors	O
localized	B-General_Concept
the	O
program	O
into	O
44	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
became	O
the	O
subject	O
of	O
mainstream	O
media	O
attention	O
for	O
its	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
,	O
with	O
PC	O
Magazine	O
and	O
CBC	O
News	O
likening	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
to	O
Netflix	O
,	O
and	O
noting	O
its	O
obvious	O
advantages	O
over	O
Netflix	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
its	O
library	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
recent	O
selections	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Caitlin	O
Dewey	O
of	O
The	O
Washington	O
Post	O
said	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
may	O
have	O
been	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
normally	O
"	O
sketchy	O
"	O
ecosystem	B-Application
of	O
torrents	B-Protocol
more	O
accessible	O
by	O
giving	O
it	O
a	O
clean	O
modern	O
look	O
and	O
an	O
easy-to-use	O
interface	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
legality	O
of	O
the	O
various	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
clients	O
matched	O
that	O
of	O
all	O
other	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
clients	O
plus	O
the	O
additional	O
issues	O
that	O
apply	O
to	O
sites	O
like	O
The	B-Application
Pirate	I-Application
Bay	I-Application
and	O
YTS	O
itself	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
explicit	O
linking	O
to	O
movie	O
content	O
;	O
its	O
website	O
claimed	O
that	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
possibly	O
illegal	O
depending	O
on	O
local	O
laws	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
UK	O
a	O
court	O
order	O
was	O
given	O
in	O
April	O
2015	O
to	O
ISPs	O
to	O
block	O
URLs	O
that	O
provided	O
either	O
the	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
application	O
software	O
(	O
PTAS	O
)	O
or	O
"	O
sources	O
of	O
update	O
information	O
"	O
(	O
SUI	O
)	O
,	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
pointers	O
to	O
torrent-indexing	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
judge	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
found	O
that	O
the	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
suppliers	O
did	O
"	O
plainly	O
know	O
and	O
intend	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
application	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
the	O
key	O
means	O
which	O
procures	O
and	O
induces	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
host	O
website	O
and	O
therefore	O
causes	O
the	O
infringing	O
communications	O
to	O
occur	O
"	O
;	O
and	O
on	O
this	O
basis	O
had	O
"	O
a	O
common	O
design	O
with	O
the	O
operators	O
of	O
the	O
host	O
websites	O
"	O
and	O
therefore	O
shared	O
a	O
joint	O
liability	O
for	O
the	O
copyright	O
infringements	O
(	O
joint	O
tortfeasance	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
20	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
government	O
of	O
Israel	O
blocked	O
all	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
official	O
downloads	O
of	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
,	O
following	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
from	O
its	O
biggest	O
cable	O
and	O
satellite	O
providers	O
for	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
17	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
Danish	O
website	O
popcorntime.dk	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
by	O
Danish	O
police	O
and	O
two	O
arrests	O
were	O
made	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
case	O
has	O
caused	O
controversy	O
given	O
that	O
the	O
website	O
is	O
not	O
affiliated	O
with	O
the	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
developer	O
teams	O
but	O
only	O
distributed	O
information	O
about	O
the	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
other	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
clients	O
,	O
the	O
IP	O
addresses	O
of	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
app	O
or	O
its	O
forks	B-Application
can	O
easily	O
be	O
determined	O
by	O
third	O
parties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2015	O
,	O
many	O
German	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
users	O
received	O
demands	O
for	O
damages	O
of	O
€815	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Cobbler	O
Nevada	O
alleged	O
that	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
users	O
illegally	O
downloaded	O
copies	O
of	O
the	O
Adam	O
Sandler	O
movie	O
The	O
Cobbler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
attempted	O
to	O
differentiate	O
itself	O
from	O
"	O
all	O
technological	O
applications	O
"	O
by	O
claiming	O
that	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
had	O
no	O
legitimate	O
purposes	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
evidence	O
in	O
favor	O
of	O
this	O
assertion	O
was	O
the	O
Wikipedia	O
article	O
"	O
Popcorn	O
Time.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
site	O
did	O
not	O
host	O
the	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
application	O
but	O
instead	O
had	O
news	O
articles	O
and	O
external	O
links	O
to	O
other	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
14	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
's	O
original	O
website	O
and	O
GitHub	B-Application
repository	O
were	O
removed	O
after	O
allegations	O
of	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
revealed	O
by	O
the	O
Sony	O
leaks	O
that	O
the	O
MPAA	O
did	O
indeed	O
prevent	O
the	O
original	O
developers	O
of	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
from	O
continuing	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
copyright	O
complaints	O
that	O
the	O
software	O
received	O
,	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
's	O
developers	O
simply	O
wanted	O
to	O
move	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
praised	O
media	O
outlets	O
for	O
not	O
antagonizing	O
them	O
in	O
their	O
coverage	O
of	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
agreeing	O
with	O
their	O
views	O
that	O
the	O
movie	O
industry	O
was	O
anti-consumer	O
and	O
too	O
restrictive	O
in	O
regard	O
to	O
innovation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
its	O
discontinuation	O
,	O
the	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
application	O
was	O
forked	B-Application
by	O
various	O
different	O
groups	O
to	O
continue	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
8	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
website	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
application	O
was	O
redirected	O
to	O
the	O
popcorntime.io	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
days	O
later	O
,	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
project	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
endorse	O
the	O
popcorntime.io	O
project	O
as	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
discontinued	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
original	O
developers	O
discontinued	O
the	O
program	O
,	O
other	O
teams	O
forked	B-Application
the	O
original	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
source	O
code	O
and	O
continued	O
development	O
independently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
groups	O
continued	O
using	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
"	O
,	O
but	O
other	O
than	O
the	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
project	O
,	O
these	O
forks	B-Application
are	O
not	O
associated	O
with	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
had	O
members	O
join	O
the	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
project	O
,	O
and	O
endorsed	O
this	O
as	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
discontinued	O
old	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Popcorntime.app	O
,	O
formerly	O
popcorntime.sh,	O
is	O
sponsored	O
by	O
private	O
VPN	O
company	O
VPN.ht	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
fork	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
launched	O
with	O
the	O
web	O
domain	O
time4popcorn.eu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
13	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
fork	B-Application
released	O
a	O
mobile	O
version	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
phones	I-Application
and	O
tablets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
popcorn-time.se	O
developers	O
later	O
added	O
Chromecast	O
support	O
for	O
desktop	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
30	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
popcorn-time.se	O
developers	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	O
TV	O
to	O
their	O
desktop	O
app	O
;	O
on	O
September	O
30	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
an	O
app	O
for	O
jailbroken	B-Application
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
anonymous	O
development	O
team	O
created	O
a	O
tool	O
that	O
allows	O
iOS	B-Application
users	O
to	O
download	O
the	O
fork	B-Application
via	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
thus	O
allowing	O
non-jailbroken	O
devices	O
to	O
install	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
shutdown	O
of	O
popcorntime.io,	O
users	O
of	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
created	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
fixes	O
that	O
modified	O
the	O
original	O
software	O
and	O
got	O
it	O
working	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fixes	O
were	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
installers	O
and	O
named	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
Community	O
Edition	O
,	O
giving	O
credit	O
to	O
the	O
community	O
of	O
users	O
that	O
resurrected	O
the	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Popcorntime.sh	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
fork	B-Application
of	O
the	O
original	O
Popcorn	B-Protocol
Time	I-Protocol
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2015	O
,	O
PopcornTime.io	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
YTS	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
3	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
popcorntime.io	O
domain	O
was	O
obtained	O
by	O
the	O
MPAA	O
after	O
winning	O
court	O
orders	O
in	O
Canada	O
and	O
New	O
Zealand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
came	O
about	O
after	O
winning	O
an	O
injunction	O
on	O
October	O
16	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
to	O
shut	O
the	O
website	O
down	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
project	O
reappeared	O
on	O
a	O
new	O
website	O
(	O
popcorntime.sh	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
