Qtrax and Universal for legal P2P music
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"Qtrax, the ambitious free P2P service that took a PR beating in January when it mistakenly announced it had major-label deals in place, seems to be back on track.
The P2P service made public a legitimate deal with Universal Music Group, the world's largest major label, on Tuesday, a month after announcing publishing pacts with EMI and Sony/ATV. Qtrax also has a deal in place with Universal's publishing group, meaning the company can now legally populate its service with Universal music.
A Qtrax spokeswoman said the company will start adding Universal tracks soon. Peter Lofrumento, Universal Music Group's senior vice president of corporate communications, confirmed the new deal.
Qtrax is an ad-supported, Windows-only P2P application based on the Songbird open-source media player. While Qtrax badly fumbled its initial announcement of major label support, now that Universal has signed on, others could follow suit. If the rest of the majors come on board, Qtrax could be on its way to offering more music than iTunes does, for free.
Currently, only songs from TVT Records are available on Qtrax, said the spokeswoman, with the Beggars Banquet Records and Finetunes catalogs set to become available in the next few weeks. Universal songs should go online at Qtrax in approximately a month, she said."
The P2P service made public a legitimate deal with Universal Music Group, the world's largest major label, on Tuesday, a month after announcing publishing pacts with EMI and Sony/ATV. Qtrax also has a deal in place with Universal's publishing group, meaning the company can now legally populate its service with Universal music.
A Qtrax spokeswoman said the company will start adding Universal tracks soon. Peter Lofrumento, Universal Music Group's senior vice president of corporate communications, confirmed the new deal.
Qtrax is an ad-supported, Windows-only P2P application based on the Songbird open-source media player. While Qtrax badly fumbled its initial announcement of major label support, now that Universal has signed on, others could follow suit. If the rest of the majors come on board, Qtrax could be on its way to offering more music than iTunes does, for free.
Currently, only songs from TVT Records are available on Qtrax, said the spokeswoman, with the Beggars Banquet Records and Finetunes catalogs set to become available in the next few weeks. Universal songs should go online at Qtrax in approximately a month, she said."
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