Why are ring tones so expensive ?

sayerc2003 · 28-09-2006, 15:41

Just upgraded my phone to a Sony 810i from a Nokia 3300i. So i decide to have a look and see what ring tones i can get and to my shock they are £3.50 a go. Bearing in mind that I can put music on my phone from my CD's and set them as my ringtones. I could also download music from certain music sites and put them on my phone which would cost 89p a song. This just seams like a license to print money, what a rip off.

BoBaDoB · 28-09-2006, 16:41

you should not actually have full tracks as your ring tone as you do not own the right to broadcast it openly as it is meant to be for personal use only, that is why ringtones are expensive i believe.

hoofy · 28-09-2006, 16:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by sayerc2003

Just upgraded my phone to a Sony 810i from a Nokia 3300i. So i decide to have a look and see what ring tones i can get and to my shock they are £3.50 a go. Bearing in mind that I can put music on my phone from my CD's and set them as my ringtones. I could also download music from certain music sites and put them on my phone which would cost 89p a song. This just seams like a license to print money, what a rip off.

You must remember that we do live in rip off Britain

28-09-2006, 17:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by BoBaDoB

you should not actually have full tracks as your ring tone as you do not own the right to broadcast it openly as it is meant to be for personal use only, that is why ringtones are expensive i believe.

Why is the feature to et song as your ringtone there since it's illegal to broadcast then? It don't make sense but you're the first person saying this. I and everyone else I know will set what song we want as a ringtone. They shouldn't have made rthe option to set it as a tone f its illegal to broadcast it openly.

Embrace · 28-09-2006, 18:11

Tranfer music from your CDs/Computer to your phone, or cut them down so that only a clip of the song is used on the phone.

Alternatively, (going slightly out-of-date now) you can get free polyphonic ringtones from www.cbfmobile.com - that's what I use. All you do is pay for a small amout for your GPRS charges (usually no more than 5p).

Dickibobboy · 28-09-2006, 19:59

polyphonic ringtones are old now though and more and more people are having mp3s as ringtones

Finglonga · 28-09-2006, 20:37

Why are you paying for ringtones???

You can make your own with....Audacity from your own cd's or MP3 soundclips downloaded from t'internet.

28-09-2006, 15:41	#1
sayerc2003 Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Planet Telex Posts: 136	Why are ring tones so expensive ? Just upgraded my phone to a Sony 810i from a Nokia 3300i. So i decide to have a look and see what ring tones i can get and to my shock they are £3.50 a go. Bearing in mind that I can put music on my phone from my CD's and set them as my ringtones. I could also download music from certain music sites and put them on my phone which would cost 89p a song. This just seams like a license to print money, what a rip off.

28-09-2006, 16:41	#2
BoBaDoB Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Stoke On Trent/Staffordshire Posts: 1,556	you should not actually have full tracks as your ring tone as you do not own the right to broadcast it openly as it is meant to be for personal use only, that is why ringtones are expensive i believe.

28-09-2006, 16:41	#3
hoofy Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sunderland Posts: 707	Quote: Originally Posted by sayerc2003 Just upgraded my phone to a Sony 810i from a Nokia 3300i. So i decide to have a look and see what ring tones i can get and to my shock they are £3.50 a go. Bearing in mind that I can put music on my phone from my CD's and set them as my ringtones. I could also download music from certain music sites and put them on my phone which would cost 89p a song. This just seams like a license to print money, what a rip off. You must remember that we do live in rip off Britain

28-09-2006, 17:08	#4
RYPW Posts: n/a	Quote: Originally Posted by BoBaDoB you should not actually have full tracks as your ring tone as you do not own the right to broadcast it openly as it is meant to be for personal use only, that is why ringtones are expensive i believe. Why is the feature to et song as your ringtone there since it's illegal to broadcast then? It don't make sense but you're the first person saying this. I and everyone else I know will set what song we want as a ringtone. They shouldn't have made rthe option to set it as a tone f its illegal to broadcast it openly.

28-09-2006, 18:11	#5
Embrace Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,531	Tranfer music from your CDs/Computer to your phone, or cut them down so that only a clip of the song is used on the phone. Alternatively, (going slightly out-of-date now) you can get free polyphonic ringtones from www.cbfmobile.com - that's what I use. All you do is pay for a small amout for your GPRS charges (usually no more than 5p).

28-09-2006, 19:59	#6
Dickibobboy Banned User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Barnsley Posts: 1,950	polyphonic ringtones are old now though and more and more people are having mp3s as ringtones

28-09-2006, 20:37	#7
Finglonga Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Stafford. Posts: 4,706	Why are you paying for ringtones??? You can make your own with....Audacity from your own cd's or MP3 soundclips downloaded from t'internet.

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