Sony BMG, Warner Music in joint mobile music venture

Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group have partnered with a joint venture operating in China that develops technology for distributing music downloads and other content to mobile phones, reports the AP.

"... The music rivals' investment also gives them some say in how the technology works and, perhaps most importantly, helps protect their recording artists' music from unauthorized copying.

Mobile phone networks are more secure than the Internet. Still, record labels are keen on avoiding the problems piracy poses with CDs and online content through unauthorized file-sharing."

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