Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Chinese Users Get Nokia Music Service Sans DRM

Posted by timothy on from the market-paradox dept.

angry tapir writes "Nokia has launched a version of its Comes With Music download service without digital rights management (DRM) for the Chinese market. Currently, the service is available in about 30 countries, but in those countries the music, unlike in China, is copy-protected."

1 of 67 comments (clear)

  1. Re:It doesn't make any sense by commodore64_love · · Score: 4, Interesting

    >>>Why would Nokia waste time implementing a non-DRM scheme just for China?

    I would think it would be quite simple to dump songs online without DRM. Adding the DRM is the major PITA. So - Why doesn't China have copyright laws? Sounds like the US in the 1800s - copyrights didn't apply to foreign nationals like Charles Dickens. His works were widely distributed by US printers without giving a dime to Mr. Dickens for his labor. (Perhaps that's why 1800s US literacy was 99% - lots of free, cheap books available for reading.)

    --
    "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall