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Opinion: Free music file sharing was never going to hit the right notes with record firms - Tech Digest
Jonathan Weinberg writes... You don't get anything in life for free. So the saying goes. And so, I'm not surprised that a website which promised us the world's first legal file-sharing service has had to backtrack on the plans after the record companies said they were not yet supporting it. Qtrax made a big song and dance about their launch over in Cannes with stars including James Blunt there. They secured quite a bit of coverage in all the national newspapers too in Britain. But maybe it would have made sense to secure the record firms first, after all, as the gatekeepers of the industry, they are pretty important don't you think? It's like saying you've got a No1 song, without actually having the lyrics written or the musical score penned...
Jonathan Weinberg