--- title: Popcorn Time Torrent Site Is Back Up and Running description: Popular torrenting site Popcorn Time is officially back up and running following a months-long black out. authors: - name: Alicia Adamczyk url: https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 201 covers: - Technology - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes social: - https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk former_staff: true published: '2016-02-17T16:59:52.000Z' modified: '2024-05-07T10:33:30.000Z' section: Technology tags: - Cable TV - streaming - TV word_count: 220 canonical: https://money.com/popcorn-time-free-tv-movie-streaming/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![161702_EM_POPCORNTIME](https://img.money.com/2016/02/161702_em_popcorntime.jpg) Popular torrenting site Popcorn Time is officially back up and running following a months-long blackout. Back in November, Money [reported that Popcorn Time](https://money.com/popcorn-time-yts-torrent-sites-shut-down-mpaa/) and fellow torrenting site YTS were shut down following a lawsuit brought by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). The suit claimed that “the defendants enabled, authorized and induced copyright infringement of motion pictures and television shows.” Yet as first [noticed by TorrentFreak](https://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-hunted-popcorn-time-makes-surprise-comeback-160217/), Popcorn Time is up and running as of today, albeit with a different URL. Its [official Twitter](https://twitter.com/popcorntimetv/status/699641116136759296) account also made the announcement, and the site appears to be in good working order. As TorrentFreak reported: > It began when the outdated versions of the PopcornTime.io fork received a surprise update, noting that “Hail Hydra” was installed. Following this update the application became fully operational again without any significant issues. Twitter users reported that the download was not working at first, however that seems to have been rectified. Details on how this happened are still hazy, as is the legality of Popcorn Time. TF reports that those behind the old Popcorn Time (and involved with the lawsuit with the MPAA) claim not to be involved with the new site. If you'd like some safer options for cheap TV that don't involve pirated video content and are indisputably legal, check out our [cable-cutting guide](https://money.com/cable-tv-without-paying-bill/). \[[TorrentFreak](https://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-hunted-popcorn-time-makes-surprise-comeback-160217/)\] ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/popcorn-time-free-tv-movie-streaming/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Technology", "item": "https://money.com/technology/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Apps and Software", "item": "https://money.com/apps-and-software/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Popcorn Time Torrent Site Is Back Up and Running" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/popcorn-time-free-tv-movie-streaming/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/popcorn-time-free-tv-movie-streaming/", "name": "Popcorn Time Torrent Site Is Back Up and Running", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2016-02-17T16:59:52.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/popcorn-time-free-tv-movie-streaming/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/popcorn-time-free-tv-movie-streaming/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-05-07T10:33:30.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Popcorn Time Torrent Site Is Back Up and Running", "articleSection": "Technology", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2016/02/161702_em_popcorntime.jpg", "width": 2100, "height": 1560, "caption": "161702_EM_POPCORNTIME" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alicia Adamczyk", "url": "https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/#author", "image": "https://img.money.com/2016/01/alicia-headshot-2.jpg?quality=85&w=640&h=640&crop=1", "email": "alicia.adamczyk@moneymail.com", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2016-02-17T16:59:52.000Z", "description": "Popular torrenting site Popcorn Time is officially back up and running following a months-long black out.", "abstract": "Popular torrenting site Popcorn Time is officially back up and running following a months-long black out.", "@id": "https://money.com/popcorn-time-free-tv-movie-streaming/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-05-07T10:33:30.000Z", "wordCount": 220, "keywords": [ "Cable TV", "streaming", "TV" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Technology", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Application software", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_software" ] } ] } ] } ```