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Japanese mobile phones come to come with software that will check if you purchased your music

Categories: Japan
By: , IntoMobile
Monday, September 14th, 2009 at 12:13 AM

Straight from the “OMFGWTFBBQ” category, Japan is planning on rolling out a system some time in 2011 that will check the music files on your mobile phone, with a server located in some secret location that has 24/7 security courtesy of a group of specially trained ninjas, for pirated music. If the song doesn’t pass the “every time you pirate a song, Lars Ulrich cries in his sleep” test, your music doesn’t play. Scary shit when you think about it, and something that I’m sure will make young Japanese people want to buy handsets that they can modify.

[Via: Financial Times, Tech Dirt]

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Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.