Popcorn Time is ondanks het download verbod nog altijd zeer populair in Nederland en over de rest van de wereld. Nu zijn in navolging van Duitsland ook in Amerika gebruikers van deze software aangeklaagd omdat ze illegaal films hebben gekeken. Dit komt omdat deze geen gebruik maakte van bijvoorbeeld een VPN dienst en hier door hun ip makkelijk was te achterhalen omdat Popcorn Time gebruik maakt van het Bittorrent protocol. Het hele verhaal kan je hier lezen op de website TorrentFreak, en een klein stukje daar van hier onder.

The makers of "The Cobbler" movie have filed a lawsuit at a federal court in Oregon directed at 11 users of the popular Popcorn Time software. According to the filmmakers Popcorn Time doesn't have any reasonable legitimate use, something the users should have been aware of.

However, this week the makers of the 2014 comedy "The Cobbler" decided to single out Popcorn Time users.

Popcorn Time also uses BitTorrent under the hood but unlike traditional clients it allows users to browse through a library of films and stream these from within the application.

Popcorn Time is by no means private as users connect to public BitTorrent swarms, which makes it easy for monitoring firms and copyright holders to track down pirates.

This also happened to 11 Popcorn Time users who allegedly viewed and shared "The Cobbler." The makers of the movie filed a complaint (pdf) at a Oregon District Court requesting a subpoena to compel Comcast to hand over the personal details of the associated account holders.

"Each defendant's IP address has been observed and confirmed as both viewing and distributing plaintiff's motion picture through Popcorn Time," the complaint explains.