As if all the record stores closing weren't bad enough! Let's say you are the owner of an Android based phone, like The
G1, and you are out at a record store shopping and see the new release from your favorite band. Instead of walking up to the front of the store and plunking down money, this app allows you to simply scan the barcode and it will search a handful of Torrent sites to see if it can just download it for you and have it waiting for you when you arrive at home. This is the type of thing that makes a record company executive need adult diapers during sleep.
Before you get excited about this app, I have to talk you down a bit:
1. It is not out yet!
2. It will probably never come out since Google does not want the headache of lawsuits that will come from this phone. However, since the Android software is open source, this opens loads of ways for people to get it on to their phone, bypassing the Android market.
3. Ugh, this is illegal, you know!
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via gizmodo)
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