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Fixed.

"(run by an entity not affiliated with rivulet.audio)" So it is after all ;-)

Shouldn't you mention that you could get sued for using this service? A lot of people did not know how PopcornTime worked, used it and get sued because of that...

Yeah, listening to unlicensed music on Grooveshark or Youtube doesn't put the user at risk but if it makes you part of the swarm, you're technically participating in the unlicensed distribution and can be sued/fined.

I never used popcorn time (don't watch enough movies/netflix for those I do) but do you have examples of "a lot of people getting sued"? I read a lot of media coverage on PCT but never saw those stories.

AFAIK, nobody did. PCT shut down before anyone could mount a case, but made the code available.

It's actually a pretty strategic way to demo a technology that would get shut down in civil court.

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