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CardJoe · 28th Jan 2008, 07:32

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/01...s_free_music/1

QTrax has announced deals with major music industry types to offer a 25 million song catalogue for free download, with no risk of being sued? Has the music industry finally woken up?

HourBeforeDawn · 28th Jan 2008, 08:10

ya this is worth a try, I will give it a shot probably in a few days... having issues with my ISP and using to much of their bandwidth lol....

DriftCarl · 28th Jan 2008, 08:27

looks good to me.

I am going to give it a try, providing the adds arnt in the middle of the songs

Cthippo · 28th Jan 2008, 09:01

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Tempted by fully-legal P2P music sharing, or would they need to ditch the DRM before you even thought of visiting their website?

You know what? I'll pay for music when they sell it to me in a format that will play on my system over my network. Until then, Someone else gets my money. I'm not going to switch OS's just to dowload music.

outlawaol · 28th Jan 2008, 09:03

Wow, thats impressive. I would, however, find a way to make all the music DRM free that I downloaded. And yes, if the songs have any kind of in-music ad, I will promptly stop using it.

quack · 28th Jan 2008, 10:37

Qtrax is a joke.

1) They do not have the 4 big labels signed up as they declared in their press release. Warner hasn't signed anything, nor have Universal or EMI.
2) They didn't even launch when they said they would!

As someone over on TechCrunch said, they've shot themselves in the foot and jumped into a shark tank.

Brooxy · 28th Jan 2008, 10:49

If there are in-music adds, it depends where they are. If it's at the start or end of the song, I would have thought you could use Audacity or the like to remove it - considering it's free if you could do that, it would still be worth it - free music, with no threat from the RIAA (yet)

naokaji · 28th Jan 2008, 10:53

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Originally Posted by quack

Qtrax is a joke.

1) They do not have the 4 big labels signed up as they declared in their press release. Warner hasn't signed anything, nor have Universal or EMI.
2) They didn't even launch when they said they would!

As someone over on TechCrunch said, they've shot themselves in the foot and jumped into a shark tank.

the if it sounds too good to be true... rule applies in the case of QTrax in my opinion.

Arkanrais · 28th Jan 2008, 11:20

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(and the industry as a whole)

I read the "l" in whole as an "r", which I think sums up most of the industry quite well.

DXR_13KE · 28th Jan 2008, 12:40

I cant play it in my linux box? i wont set my feet there......

quack · 28th Jan 2008, 14:05

Now the BBC has picked up the story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7213112.stm

Firehed · 28th Jan 2008, 14:38

DRMed? Fail.

legoman666 · 28th Jan 2008, 16:23

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...e-for-now.html

Apparently they don't have any labels signed on. So its just vapourware until then.

KillaHead · 29th Jan 2008, 01:49

Just D/L'ed and tried all it says when trying to D/L a song is downloads available shortly so for now it's nothing but a online media player

28th Jan 2008, 07:32	#1
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28th Jan 2008, 08:10	#2
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quack \o/ Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Posts: 5,221	Qtrax is a joke. 1) They do not have the 4 big labels signed up as they declared in their press release. Warner hasn't signed anything, nor have Universal or EMI. 2) They didn't even launch when they said they would! As someone over on TechCrunch said, they've shot themselves in the foot and jumped into a shark tank. __________________ Denying Rights to Music lovers. Denying Rights to Movie lovers.

28th Jan 2008, 10:49	#7
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28th Jan 2008, 08:27	#3
DriftCarl Multimodder Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 199	looks good to me. I am going to give it a try, providing the adds arnt in the middle of the songs

28th Jan 2008, 12:40	#10
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28th Jan 2008, 14:05	#11
quack \o/ Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Posts: 5,221	Now the BBC has picked up the story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7213112.stm __________________ Denying Rights to Music lovers. Denying Rights to Movie lovers.

28th Jan 2008, 14:38	#12
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28th Jan 2008, 16:23	#13
legoman666 Beat to fit, paint to match. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ohio, USA Posts: 786	http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...e-for-now.html Apparently they don't have any labels signed on. So its just vapourware until then.

29th Jan 2008, 01:49	#14
KillaHead What's a Dremel? Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wareham,ma Posts: 10	Just D/L'ed and tried all it says when trying to D/L a song is downloads available shortly so for now it's nothing but a online media player