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No Warner Content for Nokia Music Site

Music withheld over illegal download concerns

By Jane Yager, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 2, 2007 11:36 AM CDT

(Newser) – The latest music copyright battle has pitted Warner Music against Nokia. Warner refuses to sell its tunes through the new Nokia Music Store website, on grounds that another Nokia service, the file-sharing site Mosh, enables swapping of copyrighted material, the Wall Street Journal reports. Music... Read full story »

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