 Movieland home page, showing various categories of content. A sidebar claims "No Spyware", "Virus Free", and "No Extra Charge" | |
Type of site | Subscription-based movie download service |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Owner | Digital Enterprises, Inc. |
| URL | Movieland.com |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Required |
| Launched | 2005 |
| Current status | Offline |
Movieland, also known as Movieland.com, Moviepass.tv and Popcorn.net, was a subscription-based movie download service that has been the subject of thousands of complaints to the Federal Trade Commission, the Washington State Attorney General's Office, the Better Business Bureau, and other agencies by consumers who said they were held hostage by its repeated pop-up windows and demands for payment, triggered after a free 3-day trial period. Many said they had never even heard of Movieland until they saw their first pop-up. Movieland advertised that the service had "no spyware", and that no personal information would need to be filled out to begin the free trial.[1]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint against Movieland and eleven other defendants in August 2006, charging them with having "engaged in a nationwide scheme to use deception and coercion to extract payments from consumers." The Attorney General of the state of Washington also filed a complaint, charging Movieland and several other defendants with violating that state's Computer Spyware Act and its Consumer Protection Act.
The files of the popup were found on Wayback Machine in August 2022.
Another version of the popup was found on Wayback Machine in January 2023, with the original embed page and parameters, but without some files (some missing files are saved in the older link above).