http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/]]>Jan 28th 2008 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/Music should be free for the consumers, but the ads we view/visit/listento while listening to the music should be split with the artists.

the idea is like how a radio station works. Except better quality and we get to choose the songs. Also, there is no DJ/programming overhead.

It should be enough that we like/play a song, we shouldnt have to pay too. Big Business should offset that cost.

This means, make a good song, make more money. Make a crappy song, make no money.]]>Jan 28th 2008 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/
Exactly why do you think you should be entitled to receive other people's work for free? Why do you think “Big Bussiness” should pay to entertain you? It's like saying “Ferraris should be free to the consumers. It should be enough that we like/drive the car. Big business should offset the costs.” Clearly you wouldn't expect Ferrari to give their product away for free so why do you think the Music industry should?]]>Jan 28th 2008 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/"A revamped online file-sharing service that promised to offer unlimited, free music downloads from all the major record labels hit an apparent snag Sunday after one denied it had given the service permission."]]>Jan 28th 2008 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/Jan 28th 2008 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/Jan 28th 2008 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/Jan 28th 2008 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/
In addition, there's no practical way that a DRM'd music track using something other than FairPlay could ever work on an iPod, so that's out the window too.

This is either vapor, or it's DOA.

But they sure have gotten the press to drink the kool-aid today.
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http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/01/sonybmg-we-dont-have-a-qtrax-deal-either.html]]>Jan 28th 2008 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/Jan 28th 2008 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/Jan 28th 2008 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/Just have nothing on "Paper" yet.

Why not wait until you actually have a service that can be used before you shoot out that fancy press release?

One can only hope this pans out propperly.. i know its gonna be drmd up the nines but what the hell for free music. (read "Not other p2p methodologies" *ahem*)

Graphedit.. wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more, say no more.]]>Jan 28th 2008 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/Jan 28th 2008 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/Jan 28th 2008 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/Jan 28th 2008 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/Jan 28th 2008 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/Jan 28th 2008 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/Jan 28th 2008 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/Jan 28th 2008 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/
The iPod WILL NOT work with PlaysForSure. That is the only DRM that they could have gotten a license for.

The iPod wont work with anything they create either, so thats out of the question as well.

Now, the only way they could get it on the iPod is DRM free or with Apples DRM client (which wont happen).

We know that neither are possible.

That eliminates iPod support.

Now, I have yet to hear any conformation from studios on board.

My hunch is that they have TALKED to all major labels, but are awaiting to hear from them.

I cant believe that they would make enough from advertising to pay the RIAA and studios, let alone turn a profit.

Advertising doesnt really pay all that well these days.

Look at it, it would probably cost them 50-100 impressions to cover the $0.99 that one song normally costs.

One person is not going to give them that many. Heck, even if it only cost $0.50 a song, it still wold require 15+ impressions, and ONE person probably wont even give them that!]]>Jan 28th 2008 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/
With that said, I'd be really interested if they offered music videos as well. The offerings on Zune Marketplace are rather slim. ]]>Jan 28th 2008 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://muzik4machines.com/muzik/indexfree.php a lot of songs, some even listenable by humans, not jsut machines]]>Jan 28th 2008 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/Jan 28th 2008 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/Jan 28th 2008 12:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/Jan 28th 2008 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/
Nick]]>Jan 28th 2008 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/Jan 28th 2008 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/Jan 28th 2008 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/]]>Jan 28th 2008 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/
http://www.reuters.com/article/ADVERT/idUSN2848657520080128]]>Jan 28th 2008 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/
The Prefueled "Fuel Pumps" (browsable kiosks with media card interfaces and wifi hotspots to connect your machine to access the web sites on your own device) look really quite similar in UI design, but they're a really nice smooth experience (although they still offer DRMed content, a big no no with me).

If Spiralfrog is STILL struggling to reach critical mass in both usership and reputation, and they've been going for ages now, what makes anybody think that this ocmpany's any different?]]>Jan 28th 2008 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/Jan 28th 2008 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/28/qtrax-promises-unlimited-legal-p2p-downloads-from-all-major-lab/
BTW. How about the people of the United States just disband the RIAA.....Not only is it a monopoly...but they are lobbyists. ]]>Jan 29th 2008 12:28AM