I got an email from the Qtrax Launch Team this morning. You remember Qtrax, right? The legal P2P service that failed to get licensing deals signed before it threw launch parties and was written up in newspapers across the globe. Definitely one of the greatest non-launch/worst launches of all time.

The Launch Team chalked up the lack of free downloads to "technical issues" and added it "has tremendous respect for the rights of artists and musicians and we are pleased to see so many users who share our philosophy." Of course, the issues are legal, not technical.

Email recipients were encouraged to "explore the functionality of the Qtrax media player and all the features of the music portal website." I did that last week and was less than impressed.

If you want to read it, the full email is after the jump

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