QTrax receives backing of EMI
Strangely this week, there is some more news about QTrax. We’ve lost track of whether this new filesharing service has the backing of the big four record labels or not. In this latest news, the Telegraph has reported that QTrax will offer totally free legal music downloads.
We already knew this, but the big question has always been which labels the music will come from. The idea behind QTrax is that people register and download music, with revenue being generated by ads. The concept is so simple that we have been assuming from the offset that it will fail.
If it is a success, it could change how people use filesharing programs to get free music downloads. EMI has now joined the fray and offered up its back cat.
The only catch with QTrax is that users must visit the website every month or so to continue using downloaded tracks. Of course, the songs will likely be DRM-protected.
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