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Australian Court Up[holds Fines on Ringtone Sellers

­Australia's Full Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by two providers of mobile premium services, Global One Mobile Entertainment and 6G, against an earlier court decision that some of their advertisements were misleading or likely to mislead consumers about continuing premium rate mobile phone subscriptions.  more

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Aspiro sells remaining Mobile Entertainment business in Finland

T­V and video streaming services provider, Aspiro has signed an agreement to sell its remaining Mobile Entertainment business in Finland to Exsol Oy. The purchase price amounts to a minimum of SEK 3 million plus an earn out model and Exsol Oy takes over the operation with immediate effect  more

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Class Action Settlement Announced for Third Party Mobile Content Charges

A group of US mobile content providers, including Cylon, Cellfish Media, Predicto Mobile, Too Lazy, the application provider 3C Interactive, and the aggregator OpenMarket, have agreed to settle a number of class action lawsuits against them, involving claims that these companies charged wireless subscribers for "mobile content" without authorization.  more

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Appeals court rules for Eminem in royalty lawsuit

A federal appeals court has found Eminem's former production company is entitled to more money from downloads of the rapper's songs and ringtones. more

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Crackdown on Tibetan Ringtones

Students and teachers at a high school near the Tibetan city of Shigatse have been told to delete certain popular Tibetan-language songs from their cell phones after they were designated "unhealthy" by local education officials, according to its Web site.  more

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Bangladesh Bans Use of National Anthem as a Ringtone

Bangladesh's high court has banned the use of the country's national anthem as ringtones for mobile phones, or for any other commercial purpose. "National anthem can't be used as a business tool," the court said in its ruling, following a petition filed by a lawyer, reports The Straits Times.  more

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Aspiro Sells its Mobile Content Division

..), with an additional earn-out model. Mobile Entertainment, which covers products like ringtones, games and graphics, will remain a customer of Aspiro Mobile Solutions going forward. In recent years, the market trend for services in Mobile Ente more

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One in Five U.S. Adult Consumers Now Using Mobile Commerce

.. found that 17 percent of respondents used their mobile phone to purchase applications, ringtones and other content. Significantly however, 6 percent used their phone to receive coupons or discounts and 6 percent used their mobile phone to purc more

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Ringtone Sales Decline in the USA

..ent analysis from SNL Kagan, ringtone sales shrank last year as subscribers learned how to add ringtones to handsets with no direct purchase through their carriers. Ringtone sales declined 24% in 2008 versus 2007, from $714 million to $541 mil more

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AP sources: Apple, labels work on album `Cocktail'

Apple and the four major recording labels are working on launching in the fall a music offering code-named "Cocktail" that aims to add value to digital albums sold on the online iTunes Store, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions. more

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