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Nokia to Offer Unlimited, Everlasting, Free Music with Universal

Sqube — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:45:33 EST

This is bullshit. The article itself says that there are no details. Between pie-in-the-sky PR fluffery and when the program is actually implemented, they will find a way to limit the music.

Maybe a limit on the number of songs you can download a day, or an attempt to make it extremely difficult to get it off the phone, or maybe they'll just decide to make it so the music is deleted once your subscription ends.

I refuse to believe that there are any companies smart enough to realize that the music can be a means to an end, instead of just an end.

Sqube

Nokia to Offer Unlimited, Everlasting, Free Music with Universal

Bluetiger — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:47:03 EST

@karstetter: the press info says PC and phone... 5 devices, including your PC and 3 other phones than your subscribed one.

I'm wondering if they will enable other devices than Nokia phones in the extra 3. Originally it seemed that Nokia picked the MS DRM solution so that many devices can exchange the files (except my iPod :-(. I'll need a Zune shuffle :-)

Bluetiger

Nokia to Offer Unlimited, Everlasting, Free Music with Universal

Xenocide — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:06:25 EST

@karstetter: Agree

Xenocide

Nokia to Offer Unlimited, Everlasting, Free Music with Universal

nachobel — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:25:32 EST

@karstetter: Good thing you can record line-in, IMO!

^O^

nachobel

Nokia to Offer Unlimited, Everlasting, Free Music with Universal

scokar — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:10:45 EST

Even if it still works after a year, it may be DRM protected to work only on the Nokia device.

scokar

Nokia to Offer Unlimited, Everlasting, Free Music with Universal

Penchum — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:01:46 EST

It's not for my iPud? Waaaaaaa

Penchum

Nokia to Offer Unlimited, Everlasting, Free Music with Universal

Kim98 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 07:13:50 EST

I stand corrected, and puzzled. :)

Kim98

Nokia to Offer Unlimited, Everlasting, Free Music with Universal

Jesus Diaz — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:32:39 EST

@Kim98: Read the story. It doesn't stop working.

Jesus Diaz

Nokia to Offer Unlimited, Everlasting, Free Music with Universal

Nilkimas — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:47:21 EST

@kim98 "unlike other similar offers, you keep the music after the subscription is over."
Well the story thinks otherwise. But since I am in Europe this might be the first subscription based service available, well once they worked everything out in each individual country that is.

Nilkimas

Nokia to Offer Unlimited, Everlasting, Free Music with Universal

Kim98 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:38:32 EST

Just to clarify since maybe it wasn't so obvious. The DRM will work just like in Rhapsody, Urge, Zune or any other subscription based music service. You can download and play as much as you want but songs only work if you have a valid subscription. The moment you stop the subscription the songs stop working.

Kim98

Nokia to Offer Unlimited, Everlasting, Free Music with Universal

Kim98 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 05:36:21 EST

@Nilkimas:
The catch, obviously, is DRM.

Kim98

Nokia to Offer Unlimited, Everlasting, Free Music with Universal

Nilkimas — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:35:14 EST

Ooh, so just have a Nokia phone for a year, download every single song they have, transfer it to my iPod and I am sorted.
Every song they don't have I'll still get of iTunes anyway. But I am sure there is a catch somewhere. Probably only a limited amount of songs that you can download during a given time or only playable on the phone.
Ooh well we will have to wait and see I guess. At least it is a step in the right direction, but after reading the interview with the CEO of Universal Music I doubt it will be as good as it seems.

Nilkimas