The Financial Times is reporting that Nokia is talking to all the major labels about its Comes with Music service.
The first label on board was Universal (which have since announced other similar cooperations), then EMI was rumored to be negotiating with Nokia, and now Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia's EVP in charge of Marketing, clearly states that they are indeed talking to all major labels and a few indie labels.
Good news. I hope they move fast. Otherwise, Apple might implement a similar model in iTunes, and then the hype will all be theirs.
What is this supposed to be?
Basically, when you'd buy certain (not yet known) Nokia phones, they would come with a one-year free subscription to, well, music. That means that during that year you can legally download all you want for free, and what's more interesting is that you'll be able to keep what you've downloaded, the tracks won't simply 'vanish'. After the year is up, you can still buy tracks from the Nokia Music Store, or buy another Comes with Music phone to get another one-year subscription...and so on.
[Source: Symbian Freak]
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