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A Tribute To MICHAEL Pt 1 (All About Symbian)

3gLuvdarts are video messages with real music that you can send mobile2mobile! Show someone you care, anytime and anyplace! They may also be used as ringtones or wallpaper.

Verizon activates new cell site near Manning (Denison Bulletin & Review)

Verizon Wireless has activated a new cell site near Manning, which will enable more customers to use their wireless phones concurrently to make calls, send and receive e-mail and text, picture and video messages, access the Internet, view high-quality videos, and download music, games and ringtones, while enjoying clearer reception and fewer dropped calls.

ASCAP demanding royalties for ringtones played in public, EFF fights back (Mobile Burn)

IDG News reports that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a digital rights group, is fighting against an assertion that royalties should be paid when a cell phone ringtone plays in public.

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

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.

Lawyers claim ringtones are public performance (The Register)

EFF hits out at 'outlandish copyright claims' Internet watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation has hit out at a US music royalties collector, accusing it of making “outlandish copyright claims” about mobile phone ringtones.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

Phone ringtones a "public performance"? EFF, AT&T say no (Ars Technica)

It isn't often that you find AT&T and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in agreement, but consensus has been reached on one matter: ASCAP's demand that wireless companies pay it license fees for ringtones is, well, ridiculous. On Wednesday EFF called the move "outlandish" and "a ploy to squeeze more money out of the mobile phone companies." The advocacy group filed a friend of the court brief ...

The 100 Apps-A-Day Plan (Forbes)

After a rocky start, Nokia is investing heavily in its mobile applications store.

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

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)

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, [...]

Verizon Releases Ringtones and Ringback Tone Jukeboxes to Celebrate 4th of July (PDA Buyer's Guide)

Looking for ringtones and ringback tones with Fourth of July theme? Verizon has a list of current tones and newly released ringback tones for you. Here is more info:"Celebrate this Independence Day with ringtones and ringback tones from Verizon ...

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