Oops! Seems like Qtrax might of jumped the gun on their reporting that they had the blessings of the music industry. Shame, shame Qtrax. Your company is already starting on shaky ground which is not going to build customer loyalty. Seems after the report I made yesterday about Qtrax [here] the crap hit the fan.
The TimesOnline reports the following:
A website which promised to give music lovers the world’s first legal file-sharing service was forced into a humiliating climbdown today after it emerged that the company had not secured the backing of the record industry.
Qtrax, a New York firm, unveiled its service with a glitzy £500,000 launch in Cannes at the weekend, hiring stars including James Blunt, LL Cool J.
Today it emerged that none of the four major labels had done deals with the site, putting a large dent in the promised catalogue of 25 million songs and prompting allegations that the site’s founders had misled fans.
EMI, Warner, Sony BMG and Universal all confirmed that they had not agreed deals with Qtrax which would allow fans to download their music for free in return for being exposed to advertising on the site. Warner and Universal said that they were in negotiations with the site.
Qtrax’s founders insisted that they had not misled fans, and that they would not have launched the service if they had not secured the backing of the industry. They admitted, however, that the “ink hadn’t dried” on some of the deals.
So it seems some of you who commented were right. This was to good to be true. Put your music download on hold for now. Something tells me that Qtrax may just disappear over night.
What do you think? Did Qtrax mislead music lovers all over the world?
Comments welcome.
Full story is here.
[tags]qtrax, music, downloads, music industry, contracts, truthful, [/tags]
Geeeeeezzzzzzzz…Ron
I was GETTIN all Excited……
Got up this morning Went To The Site…..&…..NUTTIN
Mavbe next time Ron
Denny
I think a lot of folks are going to be disappointed.
Qtrax Backtrax…. or, Qtrax Notrax….. even, Qtrax earwax (because you can’t hear anything).
I feel slightly conned into the hype and downloaded the proggie, although I didn’t put my music library up for grabs. Now that Qtrax has Notrax, I wonder if it was something more sinister…. like Tracktrax.
Advertisement is the answer to getting free legal music. On many websites, Advertisment helps pays flash video makers for the flash movies they upload onto the site. Advertisement pays the artists, who are benefited by the record industry. Advertisement is the answer!
But I’m disappointed that Qtrax was using actual pirated Mp3s. Fighitng fire with fire never has helped stop music piracy. If they have actually pay for the music (using the ads), they would be a success. But since they are using pirated music, they are doomed of extinction.
I hope that this new idea of getting music free & Legally has lighten some light bulbs over the heads of the music industry representatives who trying so hard to stop music piracy. Until then, we can only pray on getting free & legal.