January 29, 2008
Nokia to Share Revenue of Bundled Music With Mobile Operators
Nokia will share revenue with phone operators from a program to sell handsets with unlimited music access, Nokia's head of entertainment said to Bloomberg.
"The Finnish company unveiled in December the "Comes With Music'' program, which will allow customers to buy a phone with a year of unlimited access to millions of tracks included in the purchase price. Nokia agreed to offer tracks from Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group, and is in talks with other major labels.
... Tracks downloaded on the "Comes with Music'' program will be protected by digital-rights management software, Ojanpera said. While users will be able to share music files between their handset and computer, the files will not be transferable between computers, according to the executive."
[via MobHappy]
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