Free music download service signs last major label

Qtrax, an Internet company that promises the first free music download service paid for by advertisements, said Wednesday it had signed up the last of the four major recording companies and plans to relaunch next month.

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Qtrax Debut on Hold Amid Licensing Snag

A distributor of Internet file-swapping software abruptly postponed the launch of its free online music service until it can finalize music licensing deals — a detail the company omitted when it threw a star-studded coming-out party over the weekend.

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Labels Cautious Over Ad-Funded Songs

When SpiralFrog announced a deal with a major recording company to offer free, ad-supported music downloads, it made headlines as a bold but natural step, giving the label a share of the fast-growing Internet advertising pie, while squeezing out pirates.

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Free Tunes Offered to Princeton Students

Princeton University has joined a growing list of colleges that have deals to allow students to download music free — and legally.

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Born in Jamaica, Conrad Eric Glaze, a.k.a. BORN FREE, left for Miami at an early age where he was educated formally and informally. BORN FREE lived in England for 10 years, where he hooked up with The Next Room. Together they have created a new sound.

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According to Reuters, Internet-users in China will be able to download for free approximately 350,000 licensed songs--soon to be more than a million--through Google.

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We're not sure if this is 50 Cents dissing Khaled or stalking Khaled but this fued is getting out of hand. 50 Cents sliced DJ Khaled's tires and even shows up to his moms house and job while she's asleep. This is over the line right here.

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Get a free download of Sixpence None the Richer's new EP.

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Summer Music in NYC: McCarren Park Pool Parties

Summer in New York City brings with it many things. Every vaguely green space fills with eager sunbathers, every bar and restaurant patio fills with sun-starved drinkers, and every neighborhood rings with the ubiquitous tune of the Mister Softee ice cream truck.

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The American rock band R.E.M. has released all the songs on its new album for free streaming online this week, becoming the first major band to do so on a social networking site.

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In the space of six months, startup social networking music site imeem has soared to the top of the charts.

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This week we're starting out with streaming, but soon (i.e. "once we figure out how to do it") we'll be offering actual free MP3 downloads of music never before heard outside Venezuela. Let's kick it off with a fierce all-woman salsa band from the Caracas barrios.

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NPR.org relaunches their music site, with a new Flash-based media player. NPR Music is a collaboration with various Public Radio Stations, with connections to their local music scenes.

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Free studio Andrew bird tracks from daytrotter.com.

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Supporting a rock band used to be an act of rebellion. In the face of today's mounting music piracy, it has become an act of conscience.

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Cool Site of the Day! Hi-Res live satellite images of Darfur starting AM June 6

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Nelly Furtado recalled meeting up with Oasis after the Brit Awards at the group's after party. Furtado explained, "I've met Noel Gallagher before, but I ran over to Liam and said, 'Hi, hi, I'm Nelly, I'm a big fan, and you were great tonight', and he went, 'Oh right.

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Magnatune is the non-evil record label who gives away 128 kbps mp3s of all their artist's songs for free. You can then choose (or not) to purchase DRM-free higher quality versions at a price you set and they allow you to share their purchased songs with 3 friends.

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The BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend was held in my home city this year and with it they took broadcasting to another level, via virtual worlds on Second Life. They broadcast the free concert over the web, on television and even on their own island rented in the game Second Life.

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Search for Free to Share Audio, Images, Text, Video

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Audiri is a community-based music discovery website which enables musicians to share their music for free *or* for a fee, and allows listeners to control the popularity of each artist.

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