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'Broken process' in ringtone sales; EMI lawsuit against InfoSpace may underscore need for aggregators.(News)

RCR Wireless News, January, 2007

Byline: COLIN GIBBS Wireless operators increasingly are cutting ringtone aggregators out of the loop, opting instead to make deals directly with recording labels. But as EMI Entertainment World Inc.'s lawsuit against InfoSpace Inc. shows, the ringtone business may not be as simple as it seems.

EMI earlier this month filed a $100 million lawsuit against the Bellevue, Wash.-based firm, accusing InfoSpace and its subsidiaries, Moviso and Premium Wireless Services, of breaching two ringtone licensing agreements by fraudulently reporting the amount of royalties owed and ...

 

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