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ASCAP (the same folks who went after Girl Scouts for singing around a campfire ) appears to believe that every time your musical ringtone rings in public, you're violating copyright law by "publicly performing" it without a license. At least that's the import of a brief it filed in ASCAP's court battle with mobile phone giant AT&T.

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    tdrapeau4 months, 2 weeks ago

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    This is absurd.

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      Pretty soon you won't be able to listen to music in your own home if there are other people in earshot who do not also own the tracks.

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