iTunes now allows you to download ringtones and convert some of your existing songs to iPhone ringtones, assuming you don't use the widely circulated hacks to avoid the fee.
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it were Apples choice I would expect the creation of ringtones to
work something like this - select any song, regardless of where it
came from, edit your 30 second clip, sync. No charge, its a free
feature of iTunes.
I highly suspect the 99c is going directly to the evil music labels,
because every other restrictive or costly service associated with
online music is directly attributable to them.
No, if you're right, which you probably are, Apple has no choice to
comply. Because if it's a condition imposed by the labels (which is
easy to imagine since the labels have made it clear that they want a
separate license and fee for ring tones), then Apple has to either
comply or not offer ring tones at all.
But what about a song legally transferred from a CD to iTunes? Apple doesn't legally have to bow to publishers' demands. But because of the iTunes Store relationship it makes sense to comply.
Could not create ringtone. An unknown error occurred. (-42160). There was an error in iTunes Store. Please try again later.
fan. However, this implementation is entirely un-Apple-like.
Buying ringtones?! Fine, I could have lived with that, as long as
I could have used my Garageband tracks, and used them as an
option. However, my current tracks will not convert to a ring
tone. I get the same, lame message written about in the article.
Bottom-line, it sucks. It is incongruous with what Apple offers
for solutions.
with slightly less pause and used the iToner Demo to make it
available for the iPhone.
The point I made regards a song legally transferred from a purchased CD to iTunes. Why can't I make that a ringtone? Copyright law isn't forcing Apple to bow to publishers' demands. But it did.
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