Soundbuzz informs us that they’ve made available to Indiatimes 8888, a large number of “truetones” (MP3 ringtones), via Soundbuzz’ relationship with the licensing arm of Indian music industry – Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL). PPL has 140 member music labels, and hence a catalogue of around 23,000 MP3 ringtones. Times Internet MD and CEO Dinesh Wadhawan said that they are confident that consumers will eventually pay for downloads. “While it will always be tempting to share free music, the fact is that it is illegal and deprives content-creators and IPR owners of incomes which is their right,
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