June 22nd, 2009

Ringing up cash: ASCAP suing AT&T for ringtone "performance"

By John Timmer , Ars Technica

The EFF's Fred von Lohman, who analyzed the filing, argues that the brief ignores some well-defined areas of precedent and the legal code. In short, he concludes that, if a ringtone constitutes a public performance, then so does playing the car radio when the windows are down.

Related Issues: Intellectual Property

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