In their unending pursuit to sue two of every last living thing on Earth, the American Society of Composer, Authors, and Publishers have filed a complaint against AT&T in a court of law.
If the name sounds familiar, it’s because these were the same people that famously went after pig-tailed Girl Scouts’ hard earned Thin Mints cookie money for their supposed copyright infringement during campfire sing-alongs.
ASCAP believes wholeheartedly that each of the major mobile phone carriers owe them money for previous “public performances” of their music or in other words for every time your cell phone goes off in a crowded area.
“Ringtones, which result from a number of different initial or intermediary transmissions, ultimately always result in a performance to the public as that term is used in the Copyright Act,” overpaid ASCAP lawyers wrote in their legal brief.
Unless ASCAP and its lobbyist happen to bribe the presiding judge, these completely unsubstantiated claims will mostly likely be dismissed.
