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Vodafone Mobile Music Store Goes DRM-Free; 3 Majors on Board

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 11, 2009 - 1:29pm.
London - International mobile carrier Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) announced that it plans to begin selling mobile song downloads free of digital rights management (DRM) restrictions, and has licensed tracks from Universal Music, Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music and EMI so far for the offering. The Vodafone Music Store will initially offer over 1 million DRM-free tracks, which will be downloadable to a PC or mobile phone, and also transferrable to portable devices like iPods -- "provided they belong to the customer." Reuters reported that Vodafone is also in talks with Warner Music (NYSE: WMG) to join the DRM-free offering.

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Published in DMW Daily, March 11, 2009
tags: Mobile | Music | Universal Music | DRM | Warner Music | EMI | Vodafone | Sony Music |



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