RouteNote Blog » streams http://routenote.com/blog The World of Music Licensing and Distribution Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:51:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Qtrax Signs Sony BMG To Their Ad Supported Service http://routenote.com/blog/qtrax-signs-sony-bmg-to-their-ad-supported-service/ http://routenote.com/blog/qtrax-signs-sony-bmg-to-their-ad-supported-service/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:09:11 +0000 Finchy http://routenote.com/blog/?p=371 Qtrax has released a press release this morning stating that they have finally signed Sony BMG to their catalogue.

Qtrax is a legal P2P downloading service. In January 2008, Qtrax was overeager to announce it’s launch during the Midem conference and misrepresented ongoing negotiations and expired deals with major recording labels as being signed deals.

Qtrax is a very interesting service that has never really lived up to expectations. I’m keen to see how the service grows and if they can actually deliver decent royalty rates for the content providers. Here at RouteNote we are always looking for the next site to take off and Qtrax is definitely in the mix.

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]]> http://routenote.com/blog/qtrax-signs-sony-bmg-to-their-ad-supported-service/feed/ 0 P2P Music Downloads Worth $69 billion. Is Digital Music Distribution Going Down The Toilet? http://routenote.com/blog/p2p-music-downloads-worth-69-billion-is-digital-music-distribution-going-down-the-toilet/ http://routenote.com/blog/p2p-music-downloads-worth-69-billion-is-digital-music-distribution-going-down-the-toilet/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:32:33 +0000 Finchy http://routenote.com/blog/?p=210 In 2007 P2P music downloads were worth a staggering $69 billion, and all other forms of movie/television piracy are on the rise.

Techcrunch has been talking a lot about using music online as a free promotion tool, because eventually music will be free online. If record labels do use music online as a free promotional tool then they need to have other revenue stream. Warner Music is signing their new artists to 360 deals, in which allows them to have all revenues streams.

Somebody over there needs to put their thinking cap on, quit screwing around and just give the damn music away for free with no lawsuit strings attached.

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