Comments on: iPhone owners can now buy ringtones for 99 cents, with some pain

By: mrG

mrG — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:42:33 +0000

The best comment I've heard in a long time I don't even remember where I read it, but it went something like this:

the 150GB iPod will hold 40,000 songs, and they still want to charge us a dollar a shot?

Like you, the naivity of the RIAA so astounds me that I have bored with writing about it, and what astounds me even more is that I have had such little success convincing other musicians and music fans not to play into their hands. Kinda reminds me of Harriet Tubman's comment that she could have saved a lot more slaves if only she could convince they that they were slaves.

By: Jeff Albert

Jeff Albert — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:29:48 +0000

Ringtones on non-music player phones are pretty expensive here too. Usually $2-3, and sometimes they expire after 3 months. My phone has a web browser and will play any mp3 as a ringtone, so I can make an mp3, load it to my site, browse to it on the phone, save it, then use it as a ringtone. It is a bit of a hassle, but free.

Is it pompous to have a recording of yourself for a ringtone? I don’t, but…

I haven’t seen offer of past life exploration by text message, but there are lots of stupid games and ringtone ads. Lots of radio/TV “voting” too.

There’s lots of stuff that I can’t believe is legal.

By: mwanji

mwanji — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 10:53:06 +0000

What amazes me is that, at least over here, ringtones are 2-3 times more expensive than an MP3, despite being shorter (and often, poor facsimiles).

I am even more amazed by mobile “services” that, for example, will tell you who you were in a previous life if you send them a premium-priced text message. Do you have ads for that kind of thing in the US? It just seems like such a bald-faced scam, I can’t believe it’s legal.