yify group plans 'community coup'

[YIFYtorrents]

IMPORTANT: please forward this email to all .ml devs

Dear kewitz, piira and other devs,

In my opinion both http://www.popcorntime.ml and http://www.popcorn-time.is are a fork of the original popcorntime.io they just have a different view. The (bad) .is guys are more focused in building a real decentralized version (like Bitcoin to make sure it's technically impossible to shut it down). We are all working very hard trying to keep Popcorn Time alive.

The yify group is a well known underground movement and is operating several projects such as:

• video2k.is (movietube alternative and content provider)
• popcorn-time.is and popcorntime.ag (based on latest .io version)
• yify.is (yts copycat and movie provider)

Why I am contacting you?

Well as you may have noticed, popcorntime.ml was taken down by the MPAA and it's down for more than 3 days now. Unfortunately they are not coming back, but the yify group (unrelated fork) has decided and is ready to to take over the whole .ml community, user base, repos and most importantly the developers.

I believe very sincerely that the .ml project is failing and needs a replacement. You can help to get the project trough the current issues and with yify's help we will bring this project forward. It's our mission to successfully take over, not just the .ml fork, but the whole movie streaming industry in the underground. (I am just talking about competitors, who operate in a gray area with this type of 'product')

I hope as younger generation replace the older ones in power, things will gradually change. May God and the Community stand behind us us!

Popcorntime was never build to be decentralized, so yes it can easily be shut down by authorities. It's our mission to change that. It's not enough to just build new APIs. We must use simple but powerful technologies like javascript, sqlite, indexdb and service workers to make it indestructible. Peer to peer is a great technology, but unfortunately a small group of rich corporations just hate it and would like to see it destroyed. It's against their business approach. I was shocked after I realized how much power MPPA & Co have on politcs and how they easily can shut down essential services like pt.

You may have many concerns I would like to kill with these arguments:

• get in touch with new technologies like service workers, indexedDB, google cloud, etc.
• better infrastructure and social contacts (yify.is, video2k.is, popcorn-time.is popcorntime.ag, media contacts, twitter acc, facebook acc, r/popcorntimeCE subreddit, )
• yify group is not just a project, it's a dangerous idea, and the establishment (netflix) knows about it! Yes we fight for free, open and anonym internet! lets decentralize the whole movie industry, and you could become a part of it
• if requested, yify are ready to pay 200-800 $ a month (depending on your skills and work). However your income can increase up to 1200 $ a month if the 'community coup' runs successfully (I mean if we own 90 % of user base from .ml, right now its fifty fifty)

Regards

the YIFY group

source: https://www.reddit.com/r/PopcornTimeCE/comments/3x3yc2/yify_group_plans_community_coup/