01-28-2008, 04:09 AM
Check this:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/200...e-drm.html
"The music label-approved service pushes advertisements at users in exchange for free P2P downloads...
"Calling Qtrax "P2P" may be technically right (it is a peer-to-peer based), but it's wrong in every other way. To make its mandatory advertising system work, all Qtrax tunes are wrapped in Windows Media DRM, and the company says that it can (and will) track how you use the music, including how many times you play a particular song...
"Furthermore, by choosing Windows Media DRM, Qtrax has locked itself out of most of the mobile music player world, adopting DRM that only works on Windows and on some players."
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/200...e-drm.html
"The music label-approved service pushes advertisements at users in exchange for free P2P downloads...
"Calling Qtrax "P2P" may be technically right (it is a peer-to-peer based), but it's wrong in every other way. To make its mandatory advertising system work, all Qtrax tunes are wrapped in Windows Media DRM, and the company says that it can (and will) track how you use the music, including how many times you play a particular song...
"Furthermore, by choosing Windows Media DRM, Qtrax has locked itself out of most of the mobile music player world, adopting DRM that only works on Windows and on some players."