Techdirt has pointed to an interesting story…some mobile phone retailers in China are demonstrating the capacity of multimedia phones with pornographic videos clips…and promising to fill the handset with the content if it is purchased. It certainly gets around the download charges and ‘walled garden’ restrictions…
Dirty jokes aside, it could be a worthwhile tactic for handset retailers to bring in customers. By offering a range of content preloaded onto the handset (not necessarily porn) they distinguish themselves from their competitors. Sure, there are copyright restrictions, but retailers don’t need to pay licensing fees to stay within the law. They could cut deals with local content producers who are looking for some exposure…
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