Free ringtones are officially concerts according to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, a music industry licensing group. A post we made some time ago located here explained how the ASCAP was claiming that when a mobile phone plays a ringtone, that it is the same as a public performance by the artist, and they should be able to collect royalties from this “performance”. Legally ASCAP has not been able to collect these royalties, but a few days ago Verizon paid up to 5 million dollars to ASCAP for every ringtone sold since 2004. Nobody thought anything would come of ASCAP’s claims, but this shows you how sideways the music industry is getting. Verizon must have believed the story would hold up in court or they would have never paid a dime.
Free Ringtones are Concerts
September 28, 2009 by admin Leave a reply »
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