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 Good (by nautin, Jul 12th, 2007)
The rhythm is fast! I like it! |
Very nice! (by forestgum, Jul 12th, 2007)
How nice its sound is, I love this! |
Mission Speed (by billyoung, Jul 9th, 2007)
It's very impressive. I like it so much. |
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Mobile ringtones sound Web alert
"The A-Team." "Mission Impossible." "Jaws." "Top Gun." Such is the craze for
downloading musical ringtones to mobile phones, it has become a massive new
global e-business.
But many of the firms offering a galaxy of movie, TV and top 20 ringtones on the
web are paying no copyright fees to the music companies and some in the industry
are warning that this could become "a new Napster."
Brian Earle, CEO of Envisional, a UK-based Internet monitoring company, says
that the growing business could soon be costing the music industry $1 million a
day worldwide.
His organisation has identified unlicensed or suspected unlicensed sites across
Europe including the UK, Holland and Finland -- plus one in South Africa which
specifically targets British and Irish users.
"There are some Web sites who estimate they are selling 15,000 a month of a
single ringtone -- Mission Impossible -- but they are not paying any royalties,"
he told CNN's Becky Anderson.
Earle warned that the music industry and ISPs were ready to take action in line
with the legal challenge to Napster on Web downloading. |
