The hottest new cover band: your cell phone!
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http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/06/ringing-up-cash-ascap-suing-att-for-ringtone-performance.ars[^]:
If your cellphone has a musical ringtone, step back and appreciate it the next time a friend dials you—according to the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, you're listening to a performance.
And here i used to look down on the phone companies for charging exorbitant rates for low-quality ring tones, thinking they were roughly equivalent to downloading a song from online retailers such as iTunes. Ah, how wrong i was! Turns out, they're the equivalent of the local bar, paying for the privilege of allowing some scruffy rascals to butcher your favorite tunes while you try to drink enough to where you can enjoy it. You're not being gouged, you're just paying a cover charge! And you even get to bring your own beer...
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http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2009/06/ringing-up-cash-ascap-suing-att-for-ringtone-performance.ars[^]:
If your cellphone has a musical ringtone, step back and appreciate it the next time a friend dials you—according to the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, you're listening to a performance.
And here i used to look down on the phone companies for charging exorbitant rates for low-quality ring tones, thinking they were roughly equivalent to downloading a song from online retailers such as iTunes. Ah, how wrong i was! Turns out, they're the equivalent of the local bar, paying for the privilege of allowing some scruffy rascals to butcher your favorite tunes while you try to drink enough to where you can enjoy it. You're not being gouged, you're just paying a cover charge! And you even get to bring your own beer...
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