Comments on: Torrent Droid: Scan Barcodes, Get Torrents

By: primusinterpares.es

primusinterpares.es — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:32:01 +0000

Torrent Droid: Escanea códigos de barras, obtén un torrent…

Estás en una tienda buscando un nuevo DVD que comprar. En vez de compralo, tomas una foto del código de barras con tu teléfono y pulsas un par de botones. En el tiempo que llegas a casa, la pelicula te está esperando en tu cliente de torrents prefe…

By: Jay Hunter

Jay Hunter — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:37:43 +0000

That’s pretty cool alright. But I can’t see it taking off, as it requires you to go into a video store and start scanning barcodes with your phone – far too suspicious! If you could take out a few steps (downloading which version you want) it’d be quicker but anyway, it’s very impressive! What’s with the freaky Silent Hill-type ambient music?

By: lach

lach — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:00:46 +0000

90 bucks lmfao? thats all? geeezz

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By: Now here’s an idea… | James Loney

Now here’s an idea… | James Loney — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:16:06 +0000

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By: Hmmm

Hmmm — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:55:22 +0000

I think The Pirate Bay should release a phone ;)

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Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:02:06 +0000

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By: Descarga con tu Android torrents desde la tienda | Buzz·Movil

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By: jayrodathome

jayrodathome — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:34:57 +0000

What happens if you scan a bannana? or a box of cereal?

Something awesome I bet!

By: irony

irony — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:17:42 +0000

I can’t wait until this comes out next month so I can pirate it.

By: anon

anon — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:11:26 +0000

awsome, but I have a really lame phone :-(

By: reason

reason — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:22:02 +0000

Good movies, like good music, costs money to make. Real money. People who make these things are not – as they’re often described – assfucks. They’re people who would sincerely like to make a living making things you people, apparently, want to consume. You’re stealing. Calling it a social commentary is psych 101 self-justification.

By: cbf thinking

cbf thinking — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:45:16 +0000

@ everyone who is all “omg look out for people catching you”:

a: like what has been said already, people already scan barcodes for the likes of shopsavvy, and obviously no one gets in trouble for it, if anything happens you just switch to that application and go from there.

b: as popular as torrentfreak is, I doubt greatly that most mainstream/non-pirate people would read this or know about this software, so I doubt people would instantly think “omg he’s a pirate” unless the person thinking that was also a pirate who has heard about this.

@ the ‘why don’t you just stay home and check it out there’ crowd – how many times have you gone out, saw something you haven’t even heard of before, looked @ the back or even pulled up reviews on your phone, and bought it there and then. I know I have, I can’t stay at home and search for something that I haven’t seen yet.

now, time to splurge and get a half decent phone that could support this software imo.

By: Bystander

Bystander — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:29:43 +0000

This will make the MPAA go crazy!

By: How to Download Torrents | Tim's Tech Rant

How to Download Torrents | Tim's Tech Rant — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:50:35 +0000

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By: hibby50

hibby50 — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:50:05 +0000

please make for pocket pc!!!!!!

By: Djaina

Djaina — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:34:10 +0000

I say go for it! Who is Alec hurting?
The megalomaniac companies? So what!

I think it’s great to have something like this. Movies are too freaking expensive to go to these days, and Wal-Mart doesn’t need any more money!

Congrats to you Alec! This is awesome and I look forward to seeing the evolution of this project.

By: Pretzel

Pretzel — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:59:43 +0000

I think it’s a nice demonstration of the capabilities of modern day technologies, and an apt example of just what the content industries are up against.

It’s the system that’s broke.