Conducted in the "peer to peer" and the world of music, from the columns of the Republic, on-line edition, we read this article: it took almost ten years, then, finally, that that had to happen has happened: from now on there site from which you can download music for free. Legally. It's called Qtrax and is based on peer to peer technology , one on which were built Napster, Kazaa and LimeWire that still work or Emule, the main file sharing systems in the world. But the difference between Qtrax and others is that downloading music from this new system does not run the risk of being accused of theft, stealing music is not the legitimate proprietary. Because each of the musicians, publishers, and some music is fairly rewarded by a share of advertising revenues the site. Allan Klepfisz, Qtrax's boss, who arrived at MidemNet in Cannes to present his new creation, is visibly pleased: "They were five difficult years of protracted negotiations, many who had tried to achieve this goal have given up while we were stubborn and in the end we succeeded. And it is important that we have succeeded, because the amount of music being illegally downloaded every day is fifty times greater than that travels through the payment systems. But most of the public does not want to download illegally want to do it for free, and we offer him, finally, the ability to do so safely, having a technically functional, avoiding viruses and intrusive advertising, offering short, the best experience possible ". The four majors on the disc, Universal, Sony-BMG, EMI and Warner have finally accepted this decade to try to make their catalogs available to create the first system downloand free music through peer to peer is legal, and so did the editors and authors, even if the service compared to competitors "Hacker" still has some limitations: the songs have DRM, you need to know how many times a song is downloaded or listened to allow the payment of royalties to authors, but that does not restrict the use, the songs may not be copy on CD, compatible with the iPod for now there is even Klepfisz has announced that all systems will be gradually integrated. And above all, for now, Qtrax does not open in Italy : our country is not among the nine in which the new system will debut at midnight on American time, as well as many other European countries: "The negotiations with companies, authors and publishers are in progress, "they say to Qtrax," is only a matter of time. " There will be download only songs but also live tracks (with an area called "Last Night" in which it is possible to find songs that artists have played live the night before) and a lot of musical information. stretch the edition on-line de La Repubblica article ERNESTO Assante
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