Nokia has worked a deal with Universal Music Group to allow UMG's songs to be downloaded on Nokia's phones for "free".
Of course the money would be placed as a general fee or user "tax" to phone subscribers, reports the New York Times.
So: here's a partnership based attempt by a big label to stem the loss of revenue from those who download music for free. It's an interesting idea. It will also be interesting to see how Nokia's subscribers accept the service, and how the version of a "money pool" system will work when other record labels are brought into the mix. Nokia plans to offer music from other labels before this program goes live in 2008.
Here's the link: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/nokia-and-universals-proposed-music-tax/?ref=technology
The original story was written by Saul Hansell.
Rather ironic that this ran today...just a few days after the Doug Morris interview in Wired. You can find the link to that interview in my previous post.
Bon Hiver,
JG
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