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Written by Mike Stahl   
Friday, 16 October 2009 04:24
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Earlier this year, part of the royalty-collecting arm of the music industry ASCAPsued AT&T. Their argument? That each time a cellphone ringtone goes off, you’re listening to a performance of that song — a performance that requires a royalty payment to ASCAP.

Thankfully, federal judge Denise Cote has ruled that a ringtone going off does not constitute a public performance, because the carrier has no way to control when a ringtone plays nor any expectation of revenue when it does.

 

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