Skype breaks ahead again by licensing “hundreds of thousands” of musical works that can be used as ringtones for the Skype app.
The agreements are with three major music publishing companies – EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing, and Warner/Chappell Music – and the UK’s collecting society for author/publisher rights, the MCPS-PRS Alliance.
Recording artists from Warner Music Group can now be downloaded as ringtones to Skype users in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Poland and within weeks to the rest of Skype’s more than 94.6 million registered users worldwide, the company said. Customers will be able to download the songs from the “Personalise Skype” section of the company’s online store.
Personalise Skype now features ringtones such as “Push” and “Sorry” the new single from Madonna’s album, Confessions on a Dance Floor, as well as past hits “Like A Virgin,” and “Vogue”. Planned future featured artists include Green Day and Red Hot Chili Peppers, Skype said.
In the coming months, the ringtones will be able to be downloaded for use with incoming calls, the company said.
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Skype breaks ahead again by licensing “hundreds of thousands” of musical works that can be used as ringtones for the Skype app.
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