New York Post - NEW!
Music file-sharing service Qtrax is about to hit the markets with the blessing - not to mention the catalogs - of all four major record labels, The Post has learned.
In a deal expected to be announced today, parent company Brilliant Technologies plans to spin out Qtrax and merge it with an entity called Flooring Zone which will serve as a shell company so that the file-sharing service can be traded publicly....
The New York Times - NEW!
For years, music labels have been trying to prevent fans from downloading their songs on peer-to-peer filesharing networks. Now, some of them would like to encourage people to listen to music that way — provided they view some advertising first.
CNet News - NEW!
For years, music labels have been trying to prevent fans from downloading their songs on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. Now, some of them would like to encourage people to listen to music that way - provided they view some advertising first.
CNet News - NEW!
"We're going to help monetize themselves through advertising," Kent said of Qtrax. "Everybody has been talking about the advertising model, but there's actually very few people that know how to make that happen. We proved in our time at SpiralFrog, by what we were able to put in place in terms of potential deals, that we knew how to make this happen."
Rebel Digital - NEW!
"Former SpiralFrog CEO and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer — Robin Kent and Lance Ford—Sign Qtrax as Client; Will Lead Ad Sales for World’s First Legal and Free P2P Music service"
Qtrax News - NEW!
Through this agreement, users of Qtrax will be able to access songs from the SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT catalog of recordings for a predefined number of times. Each time a consumer plays a track, the Qtrax player will also offer fans click-to-buy purchase options.
Billboard.biz
"Thanks to exploding online ad dollars, the music business is learning to stop worrying and love 'free'".
"Ten to Track: Qtrax, Baidu, Spiralfrog, Napster, Rhapsody, Youtube, Ruckus, Yahoo, AOL, Google"
The Guardian
"Far more likely, says Jupiter's Mark Mulligan, this year will see MP3s used sparingly as a promotional tool for new artists and back catalogue, while shortfalls in CD revenue will be countered by sales of mobile music and experiments with new ad-funded services such as QTrax."
International Herald Tribune
'"Free is the new paid," said Kenneth Parks, chief operating officer of Brilliant Technologies, a company based in New York and Melbourne that is developing a service called Qtrax, which will provide free music — legally — to Internet users.'
Digital World: The finger in the dike
13 February 2007, at Jerusalem Post
V2 Music and Brilliant Technologies Announce Qtrax Global Licensing Agreement
23 January 2007, at top40-charts.com
Making 'Free' Pay on the Internet
21 January 2007, at E-Commerce Times
Brilliant Technologies Names Andrew Nibley to Lead Qtrax Advisory Board
17 January 2007, at Business Wire
Seeing the light on DRM
14 January 2007, at p2pnet.net
Equitis Report
20 December 2006, at Business Wire
Equitis Issues Research Report on Brilliant Technologies
20 December 2006, at Business Wire
Universal Music Publishing Group and Brilliant Technologies Announce Qtrax(TM) Content Agreement
17 November 2006, at Universal Music Group
Warner Music Group and Brilliant Technologies Announce Agreement to Offer WMG's Catalog for Qtrax, the World's First Ad-Supported P2P Legal Service
18 September 2006, at Warner Music Group
The Orchard Licenses Catalogue to QTRAX, Industry's First Ad-Supported P2P Music Network
07 September 2006, at Market Wire
EMI Music Publishing, the world's largest music publisher, licenses its catalogue to Qtrax, the world's first ad-supported P2P legal service
10 August 2006, at EMI Music Publishing
LTDnetwork Receives 2006 DCIA Trendsetter's Award
29 June 2006, at PrimeZone Media Network
New ad-supported P2P music service signs up EMI
5 June 2006, at The Register
EMI Music Becomes the First Major Music Company to Make Its Catalog Available to Qtrax: The World's First Ad-Supported, Legitimate P2P Service
5 June 2006, EMI Music Publishing
TVT Records, Number One Independent Record Company, Licenses Catalog to Qtrax
3 April 2006, 12:17pm ET, PrimeZone Media Network
Advanced Technology Industries Appoints Advertising Maximization Consultant
7 March 2006, 11:41am ET, PrimeZone
ASCAP and P2P Service Qtrax Reach Music Licensing and Distribution Deal
7 February 2006, 8:00am ET, ASCAP
ATI Partners with Audible Magic to Assure Content Rights in Advance of Launch of ATI's Qtrax Ad-Supported Legal P2P Music Service
1 February 2006, 2:46pm ET, Audible Magic
QTRAX and BMI Announce Licensing Agreement
May 18th, 2004 - BMI.com