Nokia's Mosh Allows Copyright-Infringing Sharing

By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 15 Aug 2007 05:23 AM PST

Stuart Dredge over at PocketGamer has checked out Nokia's new social networking site Mosh and noticed something that is likely to get Nokia in trouble at some point. "On the 'Most Recent' games uploads page we've found full versions of EA Mobile's Burnout and FIFA 2007 3D, Gameloft's Guitar Legend, and Glu's Project Gotham Racing...We downloaded FIFA, and it worked first time on our N73." It's in private beta at the moment, so Nokia still has some time to sort out ways to prevent copyright-infringing content from being shared--if games are being shared it's a certainty music and video is being shared too, and those industries are litigious. As Dredge points out, although there are other sites allowing copyright-infringing mobile content, they're not backed by the biggest handset maker in the world.