Qtrax offline
p2pnet news | Music:- Qtrax, the malodorous DRM carrier which has the mainstream media all hot and bothered with claims that it’s THE legal corporate music service, having organised deals with Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG, is coming unglued fast.
First, Warner Music said no such deal had been struck, then Universal and EMI followed suit, with Sony BMG not commenting.
Now the site is down.
Qtrax, loaded to the gills with DRM (Digital Restrictions Management) consumer control, says it’s free and legal.
‘Free’ means ad-supported, and ‘legal’ doesn’t mean anything.
“The service, tipped to become the world’s largest legal music store, legitimises the peer-to-peer networks which sparked the boom in music piracy in the 1990s by allowing computer users to share their music files online,” the Telegraph rhapsodises.
Riiiight. “Legitimises”.
“In return for unrestricted access to music files, users must endure a limited amount of advertising. So far Ford, Microsoft and McDonald’s have signed up to advertise,” the story says, quoting Qtrax boss Allan Klepfisz (right) as saying:
“It’s been a long trek to this point for peer-to-peer to find its place in a legal world.”
What a load of old bollocks.
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UPDATE @ 8:41 pm Pacific:
“Not a huge surprise at this point, but Sony-BMG doesn’t have a deal with free music service QTrax, says a person familiar with the situation, who says the two companies are in discussions,” says Peter Kafka in Silicon Alley Insider, going on:|
“For the record, that means that QTrax doesn’t have a deal with any of the four major music labels for the ad-supported, peer-to-peer download service it is debuting this morning.”
(Thanks, Jazz)
Also See:
malodorous DRM carrier – Qtrax — ‘death knell’ for CDs, January 28, 2008
Telegraph – Free and legal music downloads on Qtrax, January 28, 2008
Silicon Alley Insider – Sony-BMG: We Don’t Have A QTrax Deal, Either, January 28, 2008
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January 28th, 2008 at 10:11 am
The site is not offline. The client is out. Those who signed up for email notification were sent a download link. I have installed the client. The downloads are not available yet.
January 28th, 2008 at 10:16 am
They are watching p2pnet like hawks and you obviously have them “all hot and bothered” too.
It is very funny to watch their spam attempts
January 28th, 2008 at 10:26 am
“The site is not offline.”
Yup. It’s back up.
hooray hooray
Cheers!
January 28th, 2008 at 10:27 am
This isn’t spam. I am reporting and commenting on a news story in the realm of digital music. Am I a “fanboy” yes. Spammer? no! What’s wrong with disscussion of a big development in the music busissness?
January 28th, 2008 at 10:32 am
“What’s wrong disscussion of a big development in the music busissness?”
Nothing, as long as it’s a discussion and not another load of blatant spam.
As to it being a “big development” —–
Cheers!
January 28th, 2008 at 10:36 am
I don’t consider screenshots as proof of famous vapouware actually out in the real world as spam. If you don’t think this is a big step forward for the music industry which changes at a disabled half dead snail’s pace I think your wrong.
January 28th, 2008 at 10:44 am
So I signed up for the supposed email notification using various email addressen over the several eons that qtrax has been promsing the earth. Nichts, zip, niente. A bit like grooveshark really. Not entirely sure what the aborted release announcement was supposed to achieve, apart from ridicule.
January 28th, 2008 at 10:49 am
I got the client downloaded. I can’t post the download link for you because of course, “that’s a load of spam” Sorry.
January 28th, 2008 at 10:55 am
do you really think anybody gives a shit?
January 28th, 2008 at 10:57 am
” I got the client downloaded. ”
Good for you
Since there are no agreements with any of the labels, by your reckoning
it’s not legal to use anyway. Have fun with that .. rofl
January 28th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Things will be ironed out ASAP and in a month this client will be very popular for people who want this type of service.
January 28th, 2008 at 11:06 am
“you’re wrong” == “you are wrong”
“your wrong” == “I have the reading age of a 10 year old”
January 28th, 2008 at 11:08 am
You really don’t get it do you ?
There are already a ton of clients that use the very same Gnutella network.
Some of them work really well, and have no drm problems.
No one wants this, no one cares.
January 28th, 2008 at 11:14 am
I have nothing more to post here. I know you’ll say “good riddance” but you know what? I feel relief and now I can go do what I want to and enjoy my music and feel good about the way I get it. Goodbye to all. ddbann out.
January 28th, 2008 at 11:15 am
” just consuming music and enjoying is much more worth my time ”
This is true.
That’s why I buy second hand CD’s from Pawn shops and rip them to my
home network.
I get what I want.
RIAA Labels get nothing from me.
It’s much cheaper ( 1.00 $US for a used cd )
AND it’s unquestionably legal.
( I can also use the resulting Mp3 files in anyway, or on any device I
choose, without going through DRM hoops .. nice )
January 28th, 2008 at 11:31 am
An interesting post by ddbann found here …
http://www.slyck.com/forums/viewtopic.php?=&p=388164
” by ddbann on Sat Feb 03, 2007 9:52 pm
I know how to use P2P. Frostwire is on my computer. From time to time I use it and it’s legal in Canada to download but I prefer subcription services like yahoo music unlimited or napster.ca because it’s organized, immdeiate and virus free. it comes with radio like playlists and reviews, bio’s , video’s etc. for .50 cents a day i spend more of my time listening to music than looking for it. i really don’t mind paying $15 a month for access to music. as a musician i feel the music and the effort is worth something and musicans should be getting something from me for contributing to my enjoyment of life.ddbann
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Website ”
The most interesting part of this post is that ddbann does have and use Frostwire and
IS FULLY AWARE that it is legal in Canada. So all of his legal or not legal posturing.
” . as a musician i feel the music and the effort is worth something and musicans should be getting something from me for contributing to my enjoyment of life ”
In this he is absolutely correct.
The labels will NEVER let this happen.
I believe he know this as well, in the same way he was already aware of the
legal status of downloading in canada.
How can ANYONE honestly believe that the labels will ever treat their artists fairly ?
January 28th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
I downloaded it just to check it out, like I do with a lot of software and I must say in its current state it is as useful as a rock. They have it out as a beta version for testing and the only features that work are the ones that are in Song Bird. So were we meant to test Song Bird or QTrax? Whats up with using a program that hasn’t even hit version 1.0 yet to be the basis of another service that is still in testing. You then run into the problem with is the bug in Song Bird or is it a problem with QTrax. Then on top of all of that they don’t even have the deals with the record labels like they claimed. Well I take what I first said back. A rock is a lot more useful than this program currently is.