Ring Tones Will Save the Music Industry

tabdelgawad writes "Well, not quite, but according to Jay A. Samit, senior vice president for new media at music label EMI Group PLC, quoted in this Washington Post article, "This is huge. This is the largest growth area for music companies and our artists". The article goes on to prove two facts we already know: that the music industry is greedy (already asking for a bigger slice of this pie!) and that the porn industry is a prime innovator in marketing and technology :-)"

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but will you have to pay royalties

[reezle]

But will you have to pay royalties if your phone rings in a crowd, and others hear it?

Going off in a theatre is bad enough, but just imagine if it rang in a taxi-cab!

Humiliating

[anaesthetica]

What worse way to become musically recognized:

"I take good songs, and translate them into annoying beeps. I'm proud of that and would like to publicly take credit for it."

Then again, with the general level of quality that the music industry expects of it new up-and-coming groups, he just may be able to get that fat record deal he's always been hoping for.

What's the difference?

[bdesham]

Then:

(cell phone rings with boring tone)
Everyone else in the room: Turn your f*cking phone off!

Now:

(cell phone rings with the #1 song on the charts)
Everyone else in the room: Turn your f*cking phone off!

When can I get custom alarmtones for my car alarm?

[Flounder]

All I want is my car alarm to scream out, ala James Brown "HEY HEY HEY HEY HEY"

My phone's ring is The Liberty Bell March, also known as the theme to Monty Python's Flying Circus. It came built in to my phone. I don't confuse my phone ringing with anybody elses, and I get a secret little geek thrill every time my phone rings.