25 Million Songs - Free & Legal P2P Downloads !?!

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[Lani]

My sister just told me about Qtrax.

The site says the Beta download will be available Midnight EST (I assume that's US, so in about 6 hours) so it will be interesting to have a look at it.  At first glance, it looks like it's a Mozilla based browser which can be used for downloading & organising tracks, as well as general web browsing. Sony BMG, Universal, EMI & Warner are on board and costs will be covered by advertising.

I'm not sure how that advertising will be delivered but from their press release...

"Qtrax's initial revenue projections range from a low of $20 million to a high of $175 million. Record labels will get an equal split of advertising revenue in addition to the royalty fees it collects from Qtrax."

Interesting.

[FormerAdmin]

My sister just told me about Qtrax.

The site says the Beta download will be available Midnight EST (I assume that's US, so in about 6 hours) so it will be interesting to have a look at it.  At first glance, it looks like it's a Mozilla based browser which can be used for downloading & organising tracks, as well as general web browsing. Sony BMG, Universal, EMI & Warner are on board and costs will be covered by advertising.

I'm not sure how that advertising will be delivered but from their press release...

"Qtrax's initial revenue projections range from a low of $20 million to a high of $175 million. Record labels will get an equal split of advertising revenue in addition to the royalty fees it collects from Qtrax."

Interesting.

Hi Lani,

I am slightly sceptical - the qtrax.com domain name is owned by a company in Kowloon/HK (which is not a bad thing in and of itself, but curious given the mix of big companies that are said to be on board).

It would be good if it were true - I look forward to finding out

Cheers, Andrew

[Ian]

Hi Lani - I saw the header, and then read the post and I thought spam.

You haven't gone over to the dark side have you??? 

[Anonymum]

Hi Lani - I saw the header, and then read the post and I thought spam.

You haven't gone over to the dark side have you??? 

I was in the middle of making almost the exact same comment when this popped up!
 
May have to go and have a look...see what it's like...

[Ian]

Found this on Techcrunch.  Seems that it relies on a proprietary player and the downloads aren't compatible with ipods.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/27/free-legal-p2p-music-downloads-told-you-so/

[Lani]

   I didn't even think of the spammy sound of the title or the post.  I haven't gone to the dark side.  It genuinely did think it was interesting.  Maybe I should re-write the whole thing.  Or report myself to a moderator. 

Thanks for the Techcrunch link, Ian.  Whether the downloads would be compatible with all types of mp3 players was the first question I had when looking around the site.  It seems the stupidity continues...

[Mistress B]

well this mod would advise that you take it up with an admin 

it will be interesting if its true though.

[Lani]

Hmm.. Another interesting tidbit, from the comment thread in the Techcrunch article...

Warner, UMG: No Deals With Free Music Service QTrax

Seems Qtrax might have overstated their contract situation.  All in all, not exactly a great launch. 

[Mistress B]

It would seem to me that free/legal song downloads are the internet equivalent of the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. 

[Snoskred]

Yeah well I may need to moderate myself when I say this..

There was a smiley of walking male genitalia. I didn't add it to the board because I felt it was quite inappropriate. Had I added it, I would use it to describe the writer of that article on Techcrunch. He is the world's stupidest walking male genitalia.. and that isn't a compliment in any way.

 

I tried to keep it clean, honest! But after he took content from the pay per post forums and posted it on his blog, most of the words I would use to describe him are very rude and at least three of them are banned here.

[Anonymum]

Yeah well I may need to moderate myself when I say this..

There was a smiley of walking male genitalia. I didn't add it to the board because I felt it was quite inappropriate. Had I added it, I would use it to describe the writer of that article on Techcrunch. He is the world's stupidest walking male genitalia.. and that isn't a compliment in any way.

 

I tried to keep it clean, honest! But after he took content from the pay per post forums and posted it on his blog, most of the words I would use to describe him are very rude and at least three of them are banned here.

I must say, that's the most polite insult I've ever seen! Impressive!
 

[Mistress B]

Yeah well I may need to moderate myself when I say this..

There was a smiley of walking male genitalia. I didn't add it to the board because I felt it was quite inappropriate. Had I added it, I would use it to describe the writer of that article on Techcrunch. He is the world's stupidest walking male genitalia.. and that isn't a compliment in any way.

 

I tried to keep it clean, honest! But after he took content from the pay per post forums and posted it on his blog, most of the words I would use to describe him are very rude and at least three of them are banned here.

I must say, that's the most polite insult I've ever seen! Impressive!
 

very impressive!! 

[Anja]

Walking male genitalia. Oh that so appealed. That expression is so snagged. Thanks.  :rgrin: