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Submission + - ASCAP Wants To Be Paid When Your Phone Rings 1

Submitted by gerddie
gerddie writes: ASCAP (the same folks who went after Girl Scouts for singing around a campfire) appears to believe that every time your musical ringtone rings in public, you're violating copyright law by "publicly performing" it without a license. At least that's the import of a brief [2.5mb PDF] it filed in ASCAP's court battle with mobile phone giant AT&T.

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  • What is the deal??? soon we won't be able to sing in the shower without someone coming after us for a fee. COME ON this is retarted....

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