Music Labels Deny Signing Qtrax Deals

Posted on January 28, 2008

Qtrax is a new free ad-based music p2p service claiming to have 25 million songs from all the major labels. However, the BBC reports that three major record labels don't see it that way.

Three major record labels have denied signing deals allowing their music to feature on a new file-sharing service offering unlimited free downloads.
The service, Qtrax, boasted it would carry up to 30 million tracks from "all the major labels".
But Warner, EMI and Universal all say they have not licensed their music.
Qtrax said it expected an agreement to be reached with Warner and that terms had been agreed with the others even if deals had not been formally signed.

Qtrax claims signed agreements with the label are still coming.

Gizmodo calls the news rumor smashed and shows an angry picture of the Hulk. Engadget says that it's probably too good to be true. There's more discussion here on Techmeme.

Amazon's MP3s are not free but they claim to be the only retailer currently offering DRM-free MP3s from all four major record labels.