I never said Netflix would continue to run the application and let people stream illegal content. Let's break this down. First off, it's a perfect fit. The Pop

I never said Netflix would continue to run the application and let people stream illegal content. Let's break this down. First off, it's a perfect fit. The Popcorn Time audience streams the latest movies and tv series. This is exactly the audience Netflix wants to target. Popcorn Time hitting 100 million users doesn't seem far fetched. Netflix pays around $16 for each user that you refer to their free trial. Let's say Netflix buys Popcorn Time, converts it to movies that are in the public domain, and tries to refer everyone to the Netflix trial to continue streaming new films. We'll say 99% of people leave, and 1% take up the trial. That's 1 million trial users, which Netflix would currently pay 16 million dollars for in referral fees. In short, it could easily grow into an application worth tens of millions to a company like Netflix. The movie industry would love it. Netflix destroys the most popular service for illegally streaming movies, and they make some money off the Netflix subscribers. If someone makes a successful fork, maybe we'll see this happen.