Ringtones royalties battle

p2pnet news view Music | Mobiles:- The Center for Democracy and Technology, Electronic Frontier Foundation and and Public Knowledge want a US federal court to reject what the three organisations are calling “bogus copyright claims” in a ringtone royalties battle. Demands by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) could raise costs for consumers, jeopardize consumer rights, and curtail new technological innovation, they say. “Millions of Americans have bought musical ringtones, often clips from favorite popular songs, for their mobile phones,” says an EFF statement, going on: “Mobile phone carriers pay royalties to song owners for the right to sell these snippets to their customers”.

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Ringtones royalties battle

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