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Qtrax gets last major label onboard for free, legal P2P

Qtrax, the ad-supported music service that launched to much fanfare (but no music) over a year ago has finally managed to get deals with all four major record labels in place.

Following last January's embarassing debut many people questioned whether Qtrax would ever actually have any music to download. Later in the year they began announcing deals with major labels, first EMI and then Universal Music Group.



In June, 2008 they finally introduced some music to their service, followed later in the year with a deal with Sony BMG. Now they've announced an agreement with Warner Music Group, which will give them access to songs from every major label.

Stephen Bryan, WMG's Senior Vice President, Digital Strategy and Business Development, said, "Today's music industry is undergoing a dynamic transition which has us continually exploring fresh ways
of delivering music to consumers. We look forward to leveraging platforms
like Qtrax's to broaden the reach of our artists' music and provide consumers
with a unique and legal music-discovery experience."


Written by: Rich Fiscus @ 12 Feb 2009 14:22

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• 8 comments

• jookycola

  Seriously a year later does anyone still care?
  
  People can get truely free music from real P2P not this garbage that will no doubt be DRM'ed to hell.

  12.2.2009 14:55 #1

• maguilj

  Sounds like spiralfrog...

  12.2.2009 15:16 #2

• scorpNZ

  Fat lot of good it will do no doubt it's for Americans only just like the southpark website where you can go to watch the old episodes if your US based

  12.2.2009 16:20 #3

• 21Q

  One year later? I remember when all the hype for this turned out to be a complete let down. It certaintly took them long enough to get the deals. Do they have drm by any chance?

  12.2.2009 18:14 #4

• H_Seldon

  Originally posted by scorpNZ: Fat lot of good it will do no doubt it's for Americans only just like the southpark website where you can go to watch the old episodes if your US basedRumor is you can hide your location and make it look like you're in the States, then you're in the UK. Haven't tried it myself but heard it works.

  13.2.2009 01:44 #5

• blueroad

  Quote:Originally posted by scorpNZ: Fat lot of good it will do no doubt it's for Americans only just like the southpark website where you can go to watch the old episodes if your US basedRumor is you can hide your location and make it look like you're in the States, then you're in the UK. Haven't tried it myself but heard it works.if u kno how to do that u gotta whisper me.. Pandora hasnt been working for me for bout a year now :( f***ing corporate pigs

  13.2.2009 15:32 #6

• keithush

  Quote:
  
  Originally posted by scorpNZ: Fat lot of good it will do no doubt it's for Americans only just like the southpark website where you can go to watch the old episodes if your US based
  
  Rumor is you can hide your location and make it look like you're in the States, then you're in the UK. Haven't tried it myself but heard it works.
  
  if u kno how to do that u gotta whisper me.
  
  If you know how to do that DON"T whisper, shout it out so we can all do it

  17.2.2009 08:24 #7

• H_Seldon

  Sorry - I just as ignorant as you. And you're pretty ignorant.
  
  But I think if we put our heads together, we can prove there's something to this AfterDawn.
  
  Here's what I found so far:
  http://www.digitalalchemy.tv/2007/04/byp...d-iran-and.html
  http://youtubeproxy.org/
  
  I also typed into my browser "Free Proxy" to see where that might go.
  
  If we all research this in our own ways, we can all be watching free television from the U.S., and I personally want to watch unrestricted tv from the UK.
  
  (now watch some brain will tell us all the simple secret to watch streaming videos from anywhere in the world free and unrestricted - maybe)

  17.2.2009 13:45 #8