January 9, 2006
Piracy creeps into ringtone business
Piracy is almost synonymous with the music industry and now it is creeping into the flourishing mobile ringtone segment, reports India's Sify.com.
"Until now, the telecom industry has been legitimately paying for the music offered in the form of ringtones and caller tunes. But in recent months, piracy has crept into this business as well.
There is copyright violation with shops selling high-end phones with bundled content. Some of this content is illegal as neither permission is taken nor royalty paid.
Mobile operators, however, said that piracy is not happening at their end.
"There can be no way that any illegal downloads are happening from our servers as we keep an account for billing purposes. But there could be leaks at other levels in the chain," said a Delhi-based operator. "
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