Hmmmm... and does it really exist? Time will tell I suppose.

so howmuch spyware/greyware is the program loaded with though i wonder?

possibly a trojan or backdoor program that tracks if you go to torrent sites. This just sounds like a way for the RIAA to get inside your computer and spy on you.

I'll pass till i know it's not the RIAA's new tactic to find people to sue. Besides i can d'load entire discographies, movies, programs, and games from torrent why would i use this to get music? torrent is 1000x's better and not possible RIAA spyware.

Originally posted by banned4Lf:

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FYI Peeps..................Warner says Qtrax is basically F.O.S.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2253695,00.asp

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Or even a B.F.F. (Big Fat Fake)???

Bit early for April Fools I think.

Originally posted by acefoo:

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I signed up to recive qtrax news information to my email address and I recived this from them today

Thank you for your interest in Qtrax, the world's first 100% free
and legal P2P music service.

We are pleased to announce the launch of our beta application.

To download Qtrax now: http://qtrax-cdod-r1.vitalstreamcdn.com/...686.exe

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If it's 100% gen, then I think I may have a go with a virtual machine and see what happens.

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Quick question, is Qtrax supposed to be built around the Mozilla Songbird player?

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Yeah it is. The site has also mentioned before that you can use a normal firefox browser as well (I imagine a java applet kicks in somewhere) presumably from http://music.qtrax.com as that is where the app sends you anyway.

Talking about the app itself, I really don't like the look of it. In fact, I will be avoiding this one like the plague, because there's so many legal grey areas to watch out for.

The app is Java based, uses the gnutella network and has a mozilla base (GPL'd code used). The gnutella part worries me the most, particularly since the user conditions when you sign up for an account specify that not all the content available is "free and legal" and that it is the responsibilty of the user to police his/her own actions when downloading or making available such material.

Just for a laugh, I signed up for an account, clicked on one of the "week's most downloaded" album titles. Next came a list with all the tracks from said album with a download button next to each track. "Okay" I thought, let's pick one. So I did..... I got a javascript popup widow saying "Downloads coming soon"..... Oh dear!

Obviously the download link is not readily published for a reason. Qtrax obviously have hyped up their product with promises of "free and legal" ad supported music, but in reality all the major labels they claim to have signed up are denying that any such signing has, or likely will, take place (See Reuters article. Link in an earlier post) and there are still some heavy legality issues. So at best, Qtrax have jumped the gun with the release. At worst they are making false promises deliberately in some sort of marketing ploy.