Nokia’s hopes for its new Music Store have been dashed slightly after Warner Music Group pulled out due to concerns over another Nokia service.
It seems Warner is withholding its music catalogue from Nokia’s music service because of Nokia’s Mosh social networking service that allows users to share files with each other on their devices.
In the current climate of music labels getting gittery over illegal downloads and track sharing eating into their already substantial profits, Warner would rather not be involved because Mosh users are illegally distributing copyrighted material.
Luckily for Nokia, major record labels like Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, and EMI are all still moving ahead.
In fairness Nokia has put in place checks to stop Mosh users sharing copyrighted material, although the Wall Street Journal apparently found Beatles tracks and Harry Potter content being shared on Mosh.
It seems record labels like Warner aren’t quite ready to embrace the possibly future of music distribution through content sharing on mobiles just yet.
[Via Arstechnica.com]
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