Sometimes, it’s not easy being free. QTrax, the legal free download program for big label music, launched last week to a slew of problems. First and foremost, their music library is very small. Really, really small. Things are definitely getting better, but their library is nowhere near “iTunes” levels as of yet. Once – or rather, if – you find the song that you want, there’s a good possibility that you won’t be able to actually listen to it. Devices supporting the Windows PlaysForSure label do not support the QTrax files, despite the company claiming otherwise. A free, legal, and robust way to share and load files is coming sooner or later. As Axl Rose once said, “all we need is just a little patience.”

Going from one unpredictable rocker to another, Kid Rock is at it again. The music superstar is currently boycotting iTunes, claiming that most of the money made from album sales go to the record companies and Apple. The artist, in turn, ends up with little or nothing. “The Internet was an opportunity for everyone to be treated fairly,” Rock said in a recent interview with the BBC. “[The record companies] stuck to the ‘old system’.” So in true “rock and roll” fashion, the so-called “American Badass” is telling his fans to “steal” his albums… along with everything else of value. “I don’t mind people stealing my music [from the Internet], that’s fine. But I think they should steal everything. You know how much money the oil companies have? If you need some gas, just go fill your tank off [sic] and drive off, they’re not going to miss it.” The record industry, Apple, the oil companies, and everyone else who sells a product or service have declined to comment on the issue. If Kid Rock had watched the Free Line, he could have had the idea to release his albums for free, like Trent Reznor and Radiohead.

In other media news, the ten minute time limit placed upon all YouTube videos will become a thing of the past for some. Instead of dealing with the pesky time limit, special “partners” of Google – mainly independent filmmakers – will now have the opportunity to work with a “weight limit” of one gigabyte. By removing the time constraints, these filmmakers will now have the ability to present their work in one piece. Since these videos can support ads, both Google and their newfound partners can make some nice money from the venture. Will this support ever reach the normal YouTube users? Probably not, but it’s nice to see a company like Google lend a hand to the people who truly need it.

If YouTube and Twitter had a baby, what would it look like? We think that it would a lot like Seesmic. Seesmic is attempting to add something new in to the “microblogging” game: video. Twitter with real time video output… definitely an intriguing idea. The private beta is one of the hardest to get into right now, but if you can find an invite you’re in for a treat – or rather, “tweet.”

So maybe new fangled technology like Twitter and YouTube aren’t “your thing.” Maybe you prefer a more boring traditional medium to convey your ideas, like a slide show. It was good enough for former Vice President Al Gore in An Inconvenient Truth. The fine folks at Wired How-To have a great article up detailing how the controversial slide show was made, and eight steps you can take to make your own highly slept through talked about masterpiece. So go on… unleash your inner “Al Gore.” You won’t be sorry.