Roam: Right to replay "Charging users to download multimedia content over the internet is like trying to put the genie back in the bottle.... Mobile operators have no precedent like the Napster case to overturn, and will charge for content from the outset.... However, the whole fraught issue of rights management is now looming on their horizon as they plan their 3g services, which include delivering and charging for games, music, sports clips and a range of other content over mobile devices.... Duhl expects to see kiosks appearing where users can plug in their mobile device and download music directly via a music subscription service." [in TotalTelecom, via Slashdot]
Carriers in Europe and Asia are already experimenting with wireless downloads. I'll bet there are some folks stuck at O'Hare right now because of the snowstorm who would love to be able to wirelessly download content on their phones, especially audio content. In the future, information - including content - will come to you wherever you are. No longer will you have to go somewhere to get it.
The secondary story (at the bottom of the page) is also worth a read because it shows how much further ahead they are in the Netherlands in terms of wireless access and content. They already have working business models over there.
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