Live from Iran, Film88

MemFun writes "The now defunct Movie88.com has became Film88.com. These are the guys that are streaming a ton of movies for $1 a piece (but not allowing you to save the movie). Of course, to avoid all the Tinsel Town Club baddies (mpaa) from shutting them down, they are now based in Iran of all places. We just finished watching the free Harry Potter movie they are offering. Question: Does this make me a criminal? I really like the selection of movies they have and stream or not, it's still pretty cool to have the ability to watch some those movies that are never on TV any more."

IRaN?!

[TweeKinDaBahx]

Jeeze, no wonder they can only charge a dollar, do you know how many movies are illegal in Iran?

And the lag must be atrocious, I mean, what are they running the site off of, a T1? Come on guys...

I still can't get over the iran part...

It'll be down soon

[bubblegoose]

Notice how the author says "We just finished watching the free Harry Potter movie they are offering"

Then he submits the story.
Smart guy...it'll be /.'ed soon.

well...you should only support it...

[NotAnotherReboot]

you should only support the site if it funnels any money made to nicaraguan rebels to help fight the good fight.

Re:Doesn't Iran have pretty strict censorship?

[ArsonSmith]

will they be available anywhere for atleast the next couple hours.

"I feel a great disturbance in the webserver. As if a million geeks just hit our site, then suddenly silence. We must have been posted on slashdot."

Re:How sad...

[captain_craptacular]

Thats not exactly correct. Iran just has a hypocritical government which is perfectly willing to tell its citizens one thing and then sell out to some corporation for money. Thats not at all like the system we have in the US!

OMG Do you know what we just did!!!!

[cOdEgUru]

Film88 offers new movies at 1 dollar a piece for streaming.

MPAA and its cronies have a fit. Huddle together to see whats the best they could do. Disagree on forcing Bush to send a SAM in to the heart of Iran

Jack Valenti registers on Slashdot with a new nick "MemFun", posts the story on Slashdot

Sits back and waits till Film88 gets slashdotted in to oblivion.

Laughs, walks away holding the hand of a 20 something.

Re:You are a criminal

[Anonymous Coward]

Nope. It makes you a terrorist.

Re:You are a criminal

[richlb]

So what?

If you could look past the "I deserve to get it for free" aspect that everyone here always trumpets, maybe you should ask yourself why you would support a country that condones terror. Way to look past the source, idiots. What if YOUR dollar went to buy a ticket for a terrorist.

C'mon. You might not have ethics for copyrights, but how about some ethics for human rights, at least.

Re:Does this make you a Criminal ? Yes of course.

[meta-monkey]

Hmmm, what about that Egyptian cleric who the BSA convinced to announce software piracy is the 'worst kind of crime?' I wonder what he'd say about this.

Re:OMG Do you know what we just did!!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Surface to air missile. Moron.

Re:Let's See..

[medscaper]

And don't cry when you see a charge for $221.73 for 2 Ak-47's pop up on your Visa.

Dude!

Gas-operated, semi-automatic weapons for $110!?!? What's the URL?

I Can See The PSA's Allready...

[Uart]

"I was just watching Harry Potter...
A little harmless fun..."

"....I helped Iranian terrorists purchase weapon's grade plutonium....
...I was just having fun...."

etc...

"Paid for by The Federal Bureau of Scaring the Shit Out of Americans and the Committee to Re-Elect the President"