Free legal music downloads?

brijenjas
brijenjas Posts: 311
edited January 2008 in Music & Movies
Anyone know have any more information about this site and it's service?

Qtrax

Looks like you have to use their software, some kind of "peer to peer", and it's BETA, available tonight.


Says they have 25,000,000 songs, but I couldn't find a list of artists except for their featured ones.

http://www.qtrax.com/index.php
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  • PolkThug
    PolkThug Posts: 7,532
    edited January 2008
    Looks like they are having some problems.

    1/28/08
    P2P music networking site Qtrax launched over the weekend promising anyone the ability to download legal copies of over 25 million songs for free. Instead of having to cough up cash to download songs advertising would cover the cost of music. Revenues would be split with Qtrax and record labels. However, things aren't looking good for the fledgling service, as of Monday morning the site is unavailable and several big music labels are claiming not to be supporting the service, according to reports.

    Originally Qtrax launched claiming to have over 25 million songs, with support from EMI, Universal, and Warner. Now all three major labels are saying that while they were in discussion with Qtrax, no formal agreement had ever been made. This severely limits the availability of music through Qtrax, and is the suspected reason for the site's current inaccessibility.
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  • BaggedLancer
    BaggedLancer Posts: 6,371
    edited January 2008
    No thanks. I bet there is some sort of tracking software within their interface that can scan your computer to see what other music is hiding on there. Despite the fact I deleted 98% of my downloaded music, I'm sure there are still traces of it.

    The days of BaggedLancer and downloaded music are over....no more for me.
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  • brijenjas
    brijenjas Posts: 311
    edited January 2008
    BaggedLancer wrote: »
    No thanks. I bet there is some sort of tracking software within their interface that can scan your computer to see what other music is hiding on there.

    That was was first thought when I saw it.

    I guess we are a couple of "Conspiracy theorists"?:D
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  • brijenjas
    brijenjas Posts: 311
    edited January 2008
    Thanks for that info PT.
    After further investigation, looks like it was originally supposed to launch in October 2007. Must be having trouble getting the music labels licenses/permissions.

    I think I'll stay away from it.
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