In Korea, that is… the country’s three mobile-phone operators sold a combined 1.15 million MP3-equipped handsets since the models were introduced in March..
This only increases the music industry’s anxiety: Mobile-phone carriers have been at odds with the recording industry over the handling of digital music copyrights. Recording companies have been demanding that mobile-phone carriers limit the playing time of free MP3 files to 72 hours after download.
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