The rise and rise of the ringtone market.

Australasian Business Intelligence, January, 2007

Byline: Emma Connors

Jan 07, 2007 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The mobile telephone ringtone phenomenon continues to provide the Australian music industry with bumper royalties. The Australasian Performing Right Association and Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society collect 12 per cent of the retail price for artists. They say the new generation of mobile handsets has allowed true tones to be played rather than the older monophonic and polyphonic imitations. This in turn has allowed record companies to be involved. Sixty per cent of ringtones ...