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Qtrax sets re-launch date for today!
Qtrax sets re-launch date
14:01 | Friday June 13, 2008
By Ben Cardew
Qtrax is to re-launch on June 18, some five months after its botched launch attempt at Midem.
The legal filesharing site now carries the message, “We are pleased to present free and legal music downloads starting June 18 2008. Artist and album availability will continue to grow weekly.”
A Qtrax spokesman says that the company wanted people to find out slowly about the re-launch.
This comes in stark contrast to the company’s previous launch, when it spent a reportedly large sum on a lavish launch event at Midem 2008, claiming to be “fully embraced by the music industry” only for all the major record companies to deny having deals in place.
Qtrax has since signed deals with EMI Music, Universal Music, Beggars group and the publishing “big four” of EMI Publishing, Universal Publishing, Sony/ATV and Warner/Chappell.
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