I would guarantee that any shares that Robin Kent holds in Qtrax are not registered. That is a common tactic for Klepsy. You are grabbing at straws if you think that Robin Kent has or will have any further association with Qtrax. I know for a fact, and he has confirmed it in his tweets, that he has no contact whatsoever with Qtrax. Why have you grabbed onto this?
In my view it is nothing more than some sort of desperate hope that things will turn out well for Qtrax. Even with Robin, it still wouldn't work. Why? Because Klepsy is calling the shots and he does not listen to advice from anyone. He was warned by his entire staff not to go through with the MIDEM launch. He ignored them and did it anyway.
No one can save Qtrax, certainly not Klepsy. Anyone who thought that they could come in from the outside and fix it would be out of their mind. Qtrax is a laughingstock in the music industry. Certainly the traffic stats reflect that. The brand name is so destroyed that it would be next to impossible to rehabilitate. The business model is absolutely unworkable. No one makes money from affiliate deals. Everybody knows that. It's a proven loser of a model. There is no way, as its demonstrated now, that Klepsy can afford to pay for the content.
BTW, many of you and Klepsy are promoting that Qtrax has permanent downloads. Let's set this straight now. They are NOT permanent downloads. They time out. Why do you think that they have to ping a server for a certificate every time the tracks are played? Yes, they keep count of the number of plays as well, but that's not for the artists' sake, as Klepsy is saying. That's to keep Klepsy honest! The record company owns the master recording, not the artist. That is to keep track of the number of plays that Klepsy owes to the record label. And music services do not pay the artists directly, unless he owns his on masters and is licensing the service directly. What Klepsy has is the equivalent of streaming and he clearly must be paying per stream by his own admission.
