A tip from a reader who apparently uses Windows, and tried to download QTrax earlier: “It appears that Qtrax did not actually launch their beta. The download button on their site does not actually download anything yet. A lot of people doubt that their technical approach would be viable at all. MORE »
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Major Labels Finally Arrive To The Peer-To-Peer Party
The peer-to-peer service QTrax, which calls itself “the world’s first licensed Gnutella client,” will launch in October, according to a story in today’s New York Post. QTrax will have songs from all four major labels in its catalog, and there are high hopes for the service; there’s a catch, though, and according to an April piece in the New York Times it’s that the downloaded songs are locked down by copy protection. After a certain number of plays, users will be directed to buy the tracks, which no doubt helped make the service more attractive to the majors:
With a full complement of songs from the major labels as well as the esoteric live recordings and personal tracks stemming from users’ own collections, Klepfisz estimates Qtrax will have access to between 20 million and 30 million copyrighted songs at launch in October.
Music Industry Remains Unclear On “File-Sharing” Concept
Today’s New York Times looked at QTrax, another attempt to establish ad-supported peer-to-peer distribution for free, legal music; it has deals with three of the four major label groups, and it originated as a rogue peer-to-peer company about four years ago. MORE »
