"Virgin Records said Tuesday it would release the Rolling Stones' latest album on a new encrypted flash memory card that will allow users to preview and buy locked tracks from four of the veteran rockers' previous albums," reports AP.
"The memory card, dubbed Gruvi, is manufactured by Sunnyvale, Calif.-based SanDisk Corp., and will be available in November at select US stores for $39.95, SanDisk and the label said in a statement. By comparison, the Stones' latest album, A Bigger Bang, costs about $14 on CD."
This Gruvi (sic) card is copy protected, but otherwise, as the story notes: "Last year, Virgin label parent EMI Music released music and video content by British singer Robbie Williams on another type of memory card for mobile phones."
