Intellectual Property
Nov. 14, 2006
Copyright Office Ruling on Ringtones Gives Songwriters Static
LOS ANGELES - It used to be simple. Take a recognizable ditty - "Guantanamera," perhaps, or "Camptown Races" - synthesize the melody using a computer sequencer, and a cell-phone ringtone is born.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - It used to be simple. Take a recognizable ditty - "Guantanamera," perhaps, or "Camptown Races" - synthesize the melody using a computer sequencer, and a cell-phone ringtone is born.
But today, real audio snippets of recorded songs by artists from Beyonce to the Black Eyed Peas are becoming a de rigueur accessory for m...
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