"It is NOT ILLEGAL to play a song I ALREADY OWN as a ringtone. Just as it is NOT illegal to have my stereo playing that song while I walk across the room to answer the telephone."
iTunes Store TERMS OF SERVICE 9. Purchase of Apple Content b. Use of Products (viii) You may not use Products as a musical “ringer” in connection with phone calls.
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wyseguy @ Sep 5th 2007 3:20PM
"It is NOT ILLEGAL to play a song I ALREADY OWN as a ringtone. Just as it is NOT illegal to have my stereo playing that song while I walk across the room to answer the telephone."
Actually, it is illegal (or at least was a few days). http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/us/service.html
iTunes Store
TERMS OF SERVICE
9. Purchase of Apple Content
b. Use of Products
(viii) You may not use Products as a musical “ringer” in connection with phone calls.
Other online music stores, such as WalMart's, also expressly forbid making ringtones out of the tracks they offer as well:
http://musicdownloads.walmart.com/catalog/servlet/EulaServlet