Qtrax spent as much time in court as in product development:
: To provide a legal alternative to piracy that matched the convenience and cost (zero) of illicit sites while still paying the "Big Four" record labels. The Disastrous 2008 Launch Qtrax spent as much time in court as
Qtrax was a digital music platform that utilized a distribution model to provide users with free access to millions of tracks. Unlike the illegal services of the era, Qtrax aimed to legitimize P2P by incorporating Digital Rights Management (DRM) and a revenue-sharing model that supposedly compensated artists and record labels through ad revenue. Qtrax spent as much time in court as