Nokia Music Downloads unlimited
Nokia’s move last year to offer music downloads to its customers was a brave move and one which won it plaudits within the free music community: not only were the unlimited music downloads free, they were also devoid of the fun-wrecking DRM. Hurrah for Nokia.
Hurrah indeed, as the mobile giant announced recently that its “Comes With Music” campaign will include tracks from Sony BMG’s catalogue. The music downloads that we once dreamed about may be here.
This comes at the same time as Sony’s agreement with Peter Gabriel’s We7 online music store (offering (almost) unlimited music downloads, again without DRM) which will allow its users to stream the entire Sony back catalogue.
While it is a step from Sony offering music downloads to the entire industry model changing for good, it is a step in the right direction for what is one of the major opponents to file-sharing and other forms of free music.
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