The IDG News Service is another media outlet which believes p2p means 'producer-to-punter'.

"Ericsson has announced a new service allowing users to pay and download music, ringtones and artist images from the Napster peer-to-peer network to their mobile phones and PCs," it says.

Of course, the Napster p2p network no longer exists, thanks to the corporate music industry. In its place is a pale, and seriously troubled, imitation which is trying unsuccessfully to enrich its shareholders by renting out lossy, over-priced Big Four digital tracks.

"The phone manufacturer will offer Napster Mobile as a hosted service to mobile operators that, in turn, make the offering available to their customers," says IDG. "The service will be available in the first half of this year, said Hans Vestberg, executive vice president and general manager of Ericsson's global services business unit."

Napster will be responsible for music programming and back-end integration while Ericsson will look after wireless application development, operator integration, hosting, and content settlement through its Internet Payment eXchange, adds the story.

(Thanks, Masha)

Also See:
IDG - Ericsson to offer hosted Napster service, February 13, 2006
seriously troubled - More $ problems for Napster, February 9, 2006