The family of Bob Marley have announced they will file a lawsuit to stop a deal between Verizon and Universal Music Group to sell ringtones from the catalog of the reggae singer. Chris Blackwell, a longtime spokesman for the Marley family, was approached by Verizon a few months ago. “While Verizon proposed the deal as a matter of simply licensing the music, Mr. Blackwell said, the family held that if the cellular company was going to provide the ring tones exclusively and use Mr. Marley
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