Nokia shuts down Ovi Music Unlimited service in most countries

It’s curtains for Nokia’s Ovi Music Unlimited service in 27 countries. Few countries that Nokia will continue to sell devices bundled with the the yearly unlimited music service will be China, India and Indonesia whereas Brazil, Turkey and South Africa consumers will enjoy 6-months subscription service.

Ovi Music Unlimited was Nokia’s way to give consumers a year-full of legit music from labels like Vivendi’s Universal Music, EMI, Warner Music Group and Sony Music.

The service was touted as an iTunes challenger but has been crippled due to one major reason – DRM. The songs were DRMed, which means it won’t work on any other device than Nokia and is restricted to a single PC and Nokia phone at one time.

Good thing is that Nokia acknowledges this fact and has confirmed to add DRM-free music to its store but the bad thing is a similar service with DRM-free music won’t come anytime soon.

For users who are using the unlimited music service will be able to continue the service until their subscription runs out.

[Via Reuters]

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