Mobile Content Industry Joins In Criticism Of Jamster Model

Crazy FrogMembers of the mobile content industry are calling on regulators to address the harm they believe Jamster is doing to the industries reputation — they’re even calling on operators to get involved. “The business ethics on which the company’s success has been built are claimed to be causing harm to the image of the mobile content industry. Consumers buying a single ringtone find they’ve been signed up to a subscription service or ‘club’ by which they’re automatically sent premium content each week.”
Although a self-regulation scheme has recently been introduced it has done little to slow down the maverick company: “It’s fully compliant with the letter of the regulation but not the spirit,” said another senior source behind the regulation. “For instance, for a short time it was charging a setup fee of

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