Know Your Rights: Is it illegal to make my own ringtones?

7th September 2007, 23:41

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Know Your Rights is Engadget's new technology law series, written by our own totally punk copyright attorney Nilay Patel. In it we'll try to answer some fundamental tech-law questions to help you stay out of trouble in this brave new world. Disclaimer: Although this post was written by an attorney, it is not meant as legal advice or analysis and should not be taken as such.

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Is_it_illegal_to_make_my_own_ringtones';We hate to do another Apple-related KYR so soon, but this week's announcement of Apple's pay-and-pay-again iPhone / iTunes ringtone maker (followed up by statements made by Apple VP Phil Schiller) has had a lot of people asking us the following question:

So, is it illegal to make my own ringtones?

No!

Come on.

No, really!

What's the catch?

Nothing!

You wouldn't be doing this if there wasn't a catch.

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Mr Robot Posts: n/a	Know Your Rights: Is it illegal to make my own ringtones? This automated RSS Feed post is about: Filed under: Features Know Your Rights is Engadget's new technology law series, written by our own totally punk copyright attorney Nilay Patel. In it we'll try to answer some fundamental tech-law questions to help you stay out of trouble in this brave new world. Disclaimer: Although this post was written by an attorney, it is not meant as legal advice or analysis and should not be taken as such. digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Is_it_illegal_to_make_my_own_ringtones';We hate to do another Apple-related KYR so soon, but this week's announcement of Apple's pay-and-pay-again iPhone / iTunes ringtone maker (followed up by statements made by Apple VP Phil Schiller) has had a lot of people asking us the following question: So, is it illegal to make my own ringtones? No! Come on. No, really! What's the catch? Nothing! You wouldn't be doing this if there wasn't a catch. Oh, alright. But you're not going to like it.Continue reading Know Your Rights: Is it illegal to make my own ringtones? Permalink \| Email this \| Comments Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life! </img> </img> Click here to read the full story.

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