Don Tomas
07-03-2009, 08:21 PM
A digital rights group is contesting a U.S. music industry association's assertion that royalties are due each time a mobile phone ringtone is played in public.
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) filed suit against AT&T asserting that ringtones qualify as a public performance under the Copyright Act. ASCAP, which has 350,000 members, collects royalties and licenses public performances of works under copyright.
Read more (http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/167761/when_your_phone_rings_the_copyright_police_may_come_calling.html)
BTW This is the same company that once tried to sue the Boy Scouts for singing campfire songs, no joke!
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) filed suit against AT&T asserting that ringtones qualify as a public performance under the Copyright Act. ASCAP, which has 350,000 members, collects royalties and licenses public performances of works under copyright.
Read more (http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/167761/when_your_phone_rings_the_copyright_police_may_come_calling.html)
BTW This is the same company that once tried to sue the Boy Scouts for singing campfire songs, no joke!