ASCAP Demands Additional Performance Tax for Ringtones

You got yourself a brand new cell phone. You then go do the honest thing and pay that huge amount of money for a ring tone and put it on your cell phone and set it to be your ring tone. Apparently, you now have to hope that your phone doesn’t ring or else you are allegedly infringing copyright unless you pay a performance tax – at least that’s what ASCAP is hoping for.

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ASCAP Demands Additional Performance Tax for Ringtones

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