Vodafone Dumps DRM -- in the UK
Sat, Mar 14th, 2009 |
Vodafone has signed a deal with three of the UK's biggest record labels in a bid to offer customers Digital Rights Management (DRM)-free music on their mobiles.
Vodafone said the deals with Universal Music Group, Sony BMG and EMI would allows customer to download tracks from a catalogue of millions that includes acts such as Coldplay, Duffy and Lily Allen.
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