The Pirate Bay now lets you stream movies like Netflix (NFLX)

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The notorious torrent site The Pirate Bay has a new feature: letting you stream movies like Netflix.

In addition to allowing you to download movie torrents, The Pirate Bay has added a "Stream it!" button. Listed as being "in beta," the button is powered by the Torrents Time plug-in that lets you stream torrents without having to download the full movie file or use external software.

Torrents Time was made by the same people behind Popcorn Time, sometimes called the "Netflix for pirated movies." With Torrents Time, any torrent site like The Pirate Bay can turn its movie and TV shows section into a pirate streaming library.

The button on The Pirate Bay works with Chrome and Firefox web browsers and plays any video file — the bulk of which are probably infringing on copyright. While you usually have to wait for a movie torrent to download the entire movie file before you can watch it, the streaming option can play the movie sooner by searching for only the right data needed to immediately stream the file without buffering.

Here is what it looks like:

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It should be noted that streaming a video from The Pirate Bay, as with downloading a torrent, isn't always legal.

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