DRM-free on roadmap for Nokia Music Store

By Joseph Hanlon on 04 March 2009

Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic
(Credit: Nokia)

Nokia's all-you-can-eat music download service Comes With Music is interesting on many fronts. It gives users unlimited access to the online Nokia Music Store and they can keep the music, or even re-download the tracks after the 12-month service period.

Here's the kicker: the tunes come with Digital Rights Management (DRM) and are playable only on the designated handset and PC.

Well, scrap that last point for now.

According to a report from news site Channel NewsAsia, the director for Global Digital Music Retail at Nokia, Adam Mirabella, said: "We have dialogues going with all of our partners and Digital Rights Management-free (DRM-free) is also on the roadmap for the future integration of Comes With Music." The company says it is committed to a DRM-free music catalogue on the Nokia Music Store before the end of 2009.

Nokia's Comes with Music offer and the 5800 XpressMusic handset go on sale in Australia on 20 March.

Topics: 5800, comes with music, drm, mobile phone, nokia

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Comments (2)

  • Amberain commented on 08/12/2009 20:50

    Hi there

    Is it a coincidence that i use the [b]Aimersoft Media Converter[b] too, nice one, ha?

  • Stone-Tough commented on 08/12/2009 19:42

    But DRM-free is still on the road far away...

    I use DRM removal software named Aimersoft Media Converter to strip the DRM license from all of my digital library like iTunes bought .m4p music .m4v movie and the protected .wma tracks bought from Nokia Music Store as well the protected .wmv movie from Windows Media Centre.

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