Nokia aiming for DRM-free implementation of Comes With Music

Make no mistake -- there's no need to wait for Nokia and its partner studios to implement a DRM-free version of Comes With Music to enjoy your subscription tracks on any device you want, but at least the handset maker -- along with those in control of the jams -- are working towards a legal way to strip your downloads of that pesky rights management stuff. According to an article on the matter from Singapore today, Adam Mirabella, director of Global Digital Music Retail at Nokia, had this to say: "We have dialogs 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." No further details were spilled, but we'd say that's clear cut enough to get one's hopes up. Just don't bank on this going down anytime soon -- you should know there's lots of red tape to cut before those CmW tunes are freed of their shackles.

[Thanks, Masa]

[infectedmethod @ Mar 4th 2009 6:28PM]

Somebody at Nokia is on the druqs.

[Noel @ Mar 2nd 2009 7:39PM]

/me gazes out the window looking for those flying pigs...

[kmarie @ Mar 2nd 2009 7:42PM]

CmW = Comes with Music?

[Canis_Minor @ Mar 2nd 2009 9:57PM]

yes "comes with music", like in a bad porno with a dyslexic copywriter

[OneLove @ Mar 3rd 2009 12:35PM]

...she always does.

[deyanimay @ Mar 2nd 2009 7:44PM]

cool website, not.

[Hawkman @ Mar 2nd 2009 7:45PM]

Hard to see how DRM-free could possibly work for a subscription service.

[Xoyuji @ Mar 3rd 2009 12:21AM]

Easy come up with there own format that no one else supports

[iLuver @ Mar 2nd 2009 8:06PM]

AHAHAHA!!!

yet again Nomia is eating up the slop that Apple inc. laid out for them...

Apple gets rid of DRM and now Nomkia tries to make it like they have any power in teh music industry to have and influence...

Nomkia YOU ARE A SHITE PREPAID PHONE MAKER STFU!

How about working on something you can handle... like getting DRM removed from stupid ring tones.. AHAHAH!!!

[Newone @ Mar 3rd 2009 6:10AM]

Why would I care when I can make any mp3 into a ringtone on the phone, free of charge?

Paying for ringtones is so 90s.

And if you really want a midi ringtone, you can make your own with the ringtone editor. Thats free too.

[poke @ Mar 3rd 2009 7:51AM]

Looks like someone is looking for notoriety online on the comments section of several blog posts - how sad!!

Carry on...

[Mark @ Mar 2nd 2009 8:21PM]

I just want Zune on the n97 and the ability for it to be as good as the n800 at being a MID and I will be Nokia's dirty mayonnaise covered sex slave.

[Shank @ Mar 2nd 2009 10:56PM]

still ages behind iphone n itunes partnership.ages!!!!!!!will take about 3 years to catch up to ipod/iphone/touch .

[Rod @ Mar 10th 2009 11:51AM]

will pre-existing owners of Nokia phones (ie 5800's) be able to buy the music subscription too, or is it only to made available with purchases of a handset?