EU warns consumers against buying ring tones online


	EU warns consumers against buying ring tones online

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7-18-2008 5:05 AM

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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/phones/2008-07-17-eu-ringtones_N.htm?csp=34"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD><SPAN class="inside-head">EU warns consumers against buying ring tones online  </SPAN></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/phones/2008-07-17-eu-ringtones_N.htm?csp=34"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD class="datestamp"><SPAN id="datestamp">Posted 15h 43m ago</SPAN> | <SPAN id="uslCountControl"><SPAN class="uslCommentsLink"><A alt="Go to comments" title="Go to comments" href="#uslPageReturn" linkindex="87"><SPAN class="uslCommentsLabel">Comments</SPAN><SPAN class="uslCommentsCount">1</SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN> | <SPAN id="uslRecommendControl"><SPAN id="uslRecommend:article:32213760.story"><SPAN class="uslRecommendLink"><A alt="Recommend this article" title="Recommend this article" href="javascript:void('Recommend')"><SPAN class="uslRecommendLabel">Recommend</SPAN><SPAN class="uslRecommendCount"> </SPAN></A></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/phones/2008-07-17-eu-ringtones_N.htm?csp=34"><DIV class="inside-copy">BRUSSELS (AP)  — Eight out of 10 websites selling mobile phone ring tones and graphics are tricking people with hidden fees or false advertising, the EU's consumer affairs commissioner said Thursday.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/phones/2008-07-17-eu-ringtones_N.htm?csp=34"><P class="inside-copy">The commissioner, Meglena Kuneva, said a Europe-wide investigation found shoddy sales practices such as hiding the true cost of downloads or not telling customers they are signing up for a subscription.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/phones/2008-07-17-eu-ringtones_N.htm?csp=34"><P class="inside-copy">"It's clear that consumers have been ripped off," she said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/phones/2008-07-17-eu-ringtones_N.htm?csp=34"><P class="inside-copy">She said she is telling national governments to go after crooked traders.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/phones/2008-07-17-eu-ringtones_N.htm?csp=34"><P class="inside-copy">Ring tones — usually aimed at teenagers — make up almost a third of mobile content in Europe, racking up 691 million euros ($1.1 billion) in sales last year, the EU said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/phones/2008-07-17-eu-ringtones_N.htm?csp=34">The European Commission checked some 500 websites, finding that 80% broke consumer advertising rules.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/9DDF332B-B854-49A8-A4C7-7D46311098A9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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