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andrew01 - 23 Mar 2005 01:34 GMT

In this world of subscription and weekly billed charges to your cel
phones for bogus ringtones, are there REALLY free ringtones site
without subscription charges

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Joseph - 23 Mar 2005 04:30 GMT

>In this world of subscription and weekly billed charges to your cell
>phones for bogus ringtones, are there REALLY free ringtones sites
>without subscription charges?

There are no *legal* ones. Any real ringtone site has to pay
licensing fees to use copyrighted music. Because they pay for
licensing that nullifies the possibility of getting free ringtones.

If you have a Nokia handset there is a program Nokring that you can
use to compose your own ringtones and upload them to your phone with a
program such as Logomanager or Oxygen Phone Manager with IR or cable.

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Tropical Haven - 23 Mar 2005 13:25 GMT

>>In this world of subscription and weekly billed charges to your cell
>>phones for bogus ringtones, are there REALLY free ringtones sites
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> licensing fees to use copyrighted music. Because they pay for
> licensing that nullifies the possibility of getting free ringtones.

That's not entirely true. I was on a sight before that offered
ringtones of masters (Beethoven, Pachelbel, Mozart, et al) and there was
no cost for *ringtone*.

If you want ringtones such as clips from recent songs, yes, it will
cost, and most likely more than purchasing the entire song would.

> If you have a Nokia handset there is a program Nokring that you can
> use to compose your own ringtones and upload them to your phone with a
> program such as Logomanager or Oxygen Phone Manager with IR or cable.
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Some phones also have ringtone composers right on the phone. My
Motorola C331t had this. However, it is cumbersome if it's available.

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Lee Allen - 25 Mar 2005 12:06 GMT

Not all music requires licensing. There is public domain music and
there are other artists who use an "open source" licensing approach. It
would be great to find a site that has ringtones for these types of
songs or one where people exchange the ones they've composed
themselves.

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> licensing fees to use copyrighted music. Because they pay for
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airwave - 29 Mar 2005 05:04 GMT

Try 3gforfree.com

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John Navas - 23 Mar 2005 19:53 GMT

>In this world of subscription and weekly billed charges to your cell
>phones for bogus ringtones, are there REALLY free ringtones sites
>without subscription charges?

Depending on your phone, you may be able to record or compose your own.

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QuickSilver - 29 Mar 2005 00:02 GMT

Goto www.free-ringtones.eu.com/cingular-ringtones.htm
You might have to download them to your computer B4 transferring them to
your phone.

> In this world of subscription and weekly billed charges to your cell
> phones for bogus ringtones, are there REALLY free ringtones sites
> without subscription charges?

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