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Beggars Group inks deal with free music network Qtrax

Qtrax, the legal P2P music service that looked dead on arrival in late January, seems like it could actually do quite all right for itself. The company recently signed a digital license contract with Beggars Group, home of indie label giants Matador Records, Beggars Banquet, 4AD, XL Recordings and several others. Despite spurns from the music industry and online media, the beta version of the free, ad-based music sharing network launched early this year. As for the major labels, Universal signed a contract with Qtrax in 2006 (it's currently lapsed), but both have yet to mention anything certain about whether...  read more

Download site Qtrax pushes on despite setbacks

At the beginning of this week the long-awaited Qtrax was supposed to finally launch. The peer-to-peer downloading site has boasted legal means for music lovers to access their favorite artists. With an advertised catalogue of over 25,000,000 songs and a partnership with four major record labels (EMI, Warner, Sony/BGM and Universal Music Group), Qtrax seemingly had the potential seriously rival iTunes in 2008. Unfortunately, the too-good-to-be-true MP3 source is proving to be just that. First off, these alleged cooperatives with the recording companies are turning out to be a marketing farce, seeing as that all four of them have denied...  read more