http://www.nodrm.com/2004/07/12/warner-plans-ringtones-a-ripoff/ Fri, 18 May 2012 06:40:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 http://www.nodrm.com/2004/07/12/warner-plans-ringtones-a-ripoff/#comment-2724 Matt Tue, 20 Sep 2005 05:26:01 +0000 http://www.nodrm.com/2004/07/12/warner-plans-ringtones-a-ripoff/#comment-2724 I randomly came across this on a google search, but alas, the reason there is the price difference is because...as bizarre as it may seem...it includes public performance royalties because when your phone rings in public, it's technically a public performance of the song. Artists get paid each time a song is played in a public setting...live covers, music before concerts, radio, tv promos/commercials...and now ringtones. I randomly came across this on a google search, but alas, the reason there is the price difference is because…as bizarre as it may seem…it includes public performance royalties because when your phone rings in public, it’s technically a public performance of the song. Artists get paid each time a song is played in a public setting…live covers, music before concerts, radio, tv promos/commercials…and now ringtones.

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