Sprint Nextel Snubs Indie

Independent music group Digital Rights Agency has criticized Sprint Nextel for not including independent recording artists in its download catalog:

“It’s simply unacceptable that Sprint continues to exclude independent labels from its full-track download service,” DRA Managing Director Tuhin Roy said in a prepared statement. “It’s difficult to understand how Sprint will compete with services like iTunes or Verizon’s Vstream (sic) if, 25 percent of the time, it will be unable to deliver the music than (sic) its subscribers are looking for.”