Hello Sun,
On 19 October 2015 at 11:40, Sun <s4ndeep1203_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently came across this website <https://browserpopcorn.xyz/> while
> browsing Product Hunt.
>
> It allows people to watch movies online for free. Now the obvious question
> here is : What about copyright issues?
>
> The author replied to that question as follows :
>
>> I live in a country where copyright law is almost non-existant, and
>> simply I don't care. I will keep moving the website, changing domains and
>> providers... I don't need to earn a single penny from it, I just want to do
>> it because I believe that piracy will eventually cause the streaming bubble
>> to pop, and the movie studios will realize that:
>>
>> a) Geo-blocking is pointless - It just makes it more expensive to legally
>> watch content (see VPNs+Netflix)
>>
>> b) Charging for a movie the same amount of money in the U.S. with the
>> minimum wage of $7 and Serbia, with a minimum wage of less than $1. It's
>> insane and causes people to pirate
>>
>> c) Legitimate streaming websites must not have any DRM and not include
>> any proprietary codecs, as that causes the browser to be vulnerable due to
>> the sloppy programming.
>>
>> d) Legitimate streaming websites must be available all over the world in
>> all languages, with movies that people want to watch in that region.
>>
>> I Don't care about how that's "impossible". If they don't realize that,
>> they're going to be "battling" piracy forever, and piracy always wins. You
>> cut off one head, 5 more grow out.
>>
> That is very interesting and makes sense in the local context too. How
> many people in Mauritius actually walk to the 'videoclub' to buy
> Interstellar when the DVD is available? I personally do not know any. VOD
> services such as netflix and hulu are not available in the country, and MyT
> VOD brings the movies way too late for the common user to still have
> interest in the movie. People want to watch the movie when they want, not
> when its finally available months after the release.
>
> I was wondering, I'm I breaking any laws if I decide to use this website
> from Mauritius?
>
I've seen many ads (on Facebook, even on DefiMedia weekly newspaper,
printed) where people are selling AndroidTVs. We have SmartTVs (Samsung,
LG, etc) in all shops around Mauritius (Courts, Galaxy, etc). Various apps
are installed on these box : Kodi (ex-XBMC), Mobdro, or proprietary apps
(Samsung, LG, etc).
Moreover you can install Kodi and Mobdro on various platforms. I have Kodi
on my desktop and Mobdro on my smartphone. I get various channels on Mobdro
for free, especially sports channel, live: Sky Sports, BT Channel, Setanta,
ESPN, NBC Sports, etc). On Kodi, after installing various plugins, you get
videos from similar sites (one you have mentioned above). Afdah.org is
another example.
Are we breaking the laws when we watch videos from all these sources? I
don't know. I don't know about any regulation preventing people from
watching videos found on the net (pirated videos not not).
Regards,
Nadim Attari
Received on Mon Oct 19 2015 - 09:38:44 PST