In the past, Popcorn Time lawyers have filtered through copyright infringement cases and laws, they argue that it is essentially a legal program since, users of the program are not actually downloading movies but instead are, streaming them to their computer. Although it provided access to pirated content, Popcorn Time claimed that it did not violate any laws. The developers feared that by adding a paid element to the free streaming service it would open them to lawsuits. Several of the developers decided to quit early last week after a decision to introduce a paid anonymous VPN service. Shut down of Popcorn Time all started last week as developers behind the streaming service pulled the plug on the project. The application, which became popular for the ease to stream torrents of TV shows and movies, no longer works and the domain that hosted the streaming service is now offline. Popcorn Time, the most popular version of torrent streaming, has been shut down for good.