Ringtone

ASCAP Makes Outlandish Copyright Claims on Cell Phone Ringtones (Linux Today)

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Electronic Frontier Foundation: " But as part of a ploy to squeeze more money out of the mobile phone companies, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) has told a federal court that each time a phone rings in a public place, the phone user has violated copyright law."

Ringtones royalties battle (p2pnet.net)

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p2pnet news view Music | Mobiles:- The Center for Democracy and Technology, Electronic Frontier Foundation and and Public Knowledge want a US federal court to reject what the three organisations are calling “bogus copyright claims” in a ringtone royalties battle. Demands by the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) could raise costs for consumers, [...]

McCollum Reaches Multi-Million Dollar Settlement with Verizon Wireless over "Free" Ringtones (PhoneContent.com)

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Attorney General Bill McCollum has announced his office has reached an agreement resulting in millions of dollars in refunds to Florida Verizon Wireless and Alltel consumers for third-party charges on their cell phone bills.

iPhone 3GS Gets Jailbroken, Hack Available Online (PC World via Yahoo! News)

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The first jailbreaking application for the iPhone 3GS is now available. The tool, called purplera1n, will only allow the installation of unofficial third-party applications, but will not unlock the iPhone 3GS.

iPhone 3GS gets jailbroken, hack available online (Macworld)

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The first jailbreaking application for the iPhone 3GS -- purplera1n -- is now available.

iPhone 3GS Gets Jailbroken, Hack Available Online (PC World)

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Apple's iPhone 3GS has been jailbroken and the hack that allows anyone to unlock their phone is available online.

Kicking songwriters for fun and profit (The Register)

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The EFF's ringtone jihad is cynical and synthetic Comment Why are the EFF and Public Knowledge ganging up with their traditional adversaries - big telecomms companies and major record labels - to screw songwriters?… Web threats: Why conventional protection doesn't work

Nokia: Not Smart Enough This Time (BusinessWeek)

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Why its newest smartphone is unlikely to dethrone the BlackBerry in the U.S.

Cooliris for iPhone (cnet.com.au)

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If you want your web with an extra whack of wow-factor you can't go past Cooliris.

Panasonic KX TG6431M - cordless phone w/ call waiting caller ID & answering system (CNET)

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Panasonic's KX-TG6400 cordless phone series isn't the slickest-looking DECT 6.0 system available, but the phones are solid performers with attractive feature sets--particularly the higher-end models.